2018-09-13_REVISION - C1981012 (2)

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1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 September 13, 2018 Colorado Parks and Wildlife SE 4255 Sinton Road Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012) Technical Revision No. 73 (TR-73) Revise Water Monitoring Program Dear Sir or Madam: The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 13, 2018 an application to revise coal mining operations at the New Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by New Elk Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. New Elk Coal Company proposes to update their water monitoring program for the New Elk Mine. The current plan indicates that several wells are being monitored. However, some of these wells have not been monitored because the mine is not acteively mining coal. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 24, 25 and 26 . All sections are partially or fully projected by New Elk Coal Company due to the unsurveyed nature of the Maxwell Land Grant. The above- mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Vigil, Tercio, and Stonewall. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map(s): Vigil.