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Public Notice
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), 5174 Highway 133, Somerset, CO 81434,
<br />(970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Permit Renewal No. RN-08
<br />to MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-1980-007 with the Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado
<br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued
<br />by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January
<br />1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July
<br />2006), November 2011 (effective July 2011), and September 2020 (effective July
<br />2016). The West Elk Mine five-year permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11,
<br />13-36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; Sections 23-26, T13S, R91 W, 6th PM; and Sections
<br />1-5, 8-12, 14-16, and 21-23, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in Delta and Gunnison
<br />Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute
<br />Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current
<br />permit area encompasses approximately 19,854.9 acres.
<br />The purpose of the proposed Permit Renewal application No. RN-08 is to
<br />continue mining and reclamation operations per MCC's Permit No. C-1980-007.
<br />No surface facilities or related surface disturbance is proposed in conjunction
<br />with this permit renewal application, and it would not result in any increase in
<br />production above currently permitted levels.
<br />Copies of the permit renewal application are available for review at the Colorado
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial
<br />Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone
<br />(303) 866-3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin,
<br />Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments, objections, requests for informal
<br />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
<br />will be protected, should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not
<br />later than 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice in order to be
<br />considered. If a public hearing is requested, it would be held at a location in the
<br />area of the proposed operations.
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