2022-11-07_REVISION - C1980007 (10)

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1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F (303) 832-8106 https://drms.colorado.gov Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 November 7, 2022 Gunnison County Commissioners County Commissioner 200 E Virginia Gunnison, CO 81230 Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) Technical Revision No. 151 (TR-151) Extend longwall panel LWE12 Dear Gunnison County Commissioners: 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 November 7, 2022 an application to revise coal mining operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Mountain Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. TR-151 seeks to extend the currently permitted LWE12 panel to the west. It will increase the area of the panel by approximately 26 acres. 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 9 miles East of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: All or portions of Sections 9 through 36 (inclusive), Township 13 South, Range 90 West; Sections 23 through 26 (inclusive), Township 13 South, Range 91 West; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23, Township 14 South, Range 90 West; all of the 6th Principal Meridian. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map(s): Somerset. The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to