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West Elk Mine
<br />2.03.12 Newspaper Advertisement and Proof of Publication
<br />The newspaper advertisements of Permit Revision and Renewal notices are published in the
<br />Delta County Independent of Delta, CO. Copies of Proofs of Publication of all published notices
<br />have been provided to the CDRMS. Figure 2 shows a copy of an example notice.
<br />Figure 2 — Example Public Notice
<br />Public Notice
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), 5174 Highway 133, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929-
<br />5015, has filed a complete application for Permit Renewal No. RN -07 to MCC's Mining and
<br />Reclamation Permit No. C-1980-007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board
<br />(Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979.
<br />The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August
<br />1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July
<br />2006), and November 2011 (effective July 2011.) The current five-year permit term expires July
<br />31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five-year permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36,
<br />T13S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23-26, T13S, R91W, 6`t' PM, and Sections 1-5 , 8-12, T14S,
<br />R90W, 601 PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the
<br />USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current
<br />permit area encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres.
<br />The purpose of the proposed Permit Renewal application No. RN -07 is to continue mining and
<br />reclamation operations per MCC's Permit No. C-1980-007. No surface facilities or related
<br />surface disturbance is proposed in conjunction with this permit renewal application, and it would
<br />not result in any increase in production above currently permitted levels.
<br />Copies of the permit renewal application are available for review at the Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and the Gunnison County Planning
<br />Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments, objections, requests for
<br />informal conference concerning the application for permit renewal, or requests for a public
<br />hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be
<br />protected, should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 30 days after the
<br />last date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. If a public hearing is requested, it
<br />would be held at a location in the area of the proposed operations.
<br />Rev. 11/04, 03/06- PR10; 09/07- PR12; 10/08- PR14; 01/16- MR415
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