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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />April 3, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />La Plata County Commissioners <br />County Commissioners <br />1101 E. 2nd Ave/ <br />Durango, CO 80301-5155 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: King Coal Mine (Permit No. C-1981-035) <br /> Technical Revision No. 27 (TR-27) <br /> Reconfigure Parts of the Existing, Permitted Refuse Pile <br /> <br /> <br />Dear La Plata County Commissioners: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 3, 2019 an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the King Coal Mine was considered complete for <br />the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by GCC Energy, LLC. All review and <br />comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />TR-27 is proposing to reconfigure the lower footprint of the existing refuse pile at the King I Mine <br />and recontouring some of the original existing ‘pre-law’ highwalls. The applicant is not proposing <br />additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 6 miles Southwest of <br />Hesperus, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Portions of Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, Township 34 North, Range 11 West; portions of Sections 28, 29, <br />31 and 32, Township 35 North, Range 11 West; and portions of Sections 35 and 36, Township 35 <br />North, Range 12 West; New Mexico Principal Meridian. <br /> <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Thompson Park, Hesperus, Mormon Reservoir, Kline. <br />