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6/6/2018 State.co.us Executive Branch Mail - Fwd: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! <br />STATE OF DRMS_CoalAdmin - DNR, DNR <dnr drms_coal_admin@state.co.us> <br />'r <br />COLORADO <br />Temp - DNR, DRMS <drms.temp@state.co.us> Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:52 AM <br />To: KWelt@archcoal.com, dnr—drms—coal—admin@state.co.us <br />---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />From: William Oliver <boliver254@gmail.com> <br />Date: Thu, May 31, 2018 at 8:54 AM <br />Subject: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! <br />To: drms.temp@state.co.us <br />Ms. Ginny Brannon, Director - Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, <br />I am writing to inform you of my opposition to the proposed West Elk Mine's permit revision number 15 (PR -15). <br />Approving this permit revision is not in the public interest because it would destroy and degrade roadless forest directly <br />adjacent to the West Elk Wilderness, and because it would prolong the operation of the West Elk coal mine, which has <br />been the largest single industrial source of methane pollution in Colorado for many years. <br />PR -15 violates Division regulations that require mining operations to "minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of <br />[mine] operations on fish, wildlife, and related environmental values." <br />PR -15 fails to control and minimize air pollution, because the permit revision does nothing to limit the climate impacts of <br />methane pollution. The West Elk mine contains no provisions to limit methane pollution, such as mandating the capture or <br />flaring of methane, although a recent State of Colorado report shows that flaring can be a safe and reliable way to reduce <br />coal mine climate pollution. <br />Please reject the permit revision. <br />Bill Oliver <br />Crested Butte South <br />Home; 970 349-0902 <br />Cell; 505 670-3689 <br />boliver254@gmaii.com <br />https://ma il. google. com/mai I/b/AOg3vwl0smveWol nsa5lfh Revndt2T6Lymh7XjyFtbS6ZytJ 7Fj7/u/0/?u i=2&i k=deb7fOcd20&jsver=-dxVNc9Y02g. en. &cbl =g mai I_fe_1805 <br />