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Public Notice <br /> <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), 5174 Highway 133, Somerset, CO 81434, <br />(970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR- <br />153 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), September 2020 (effective July <br />2016), and July 2022 (effective July 2021). The West Elk Mine five-year permit <br />area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; Sections 23- <br />26, T13S, R91W, 6th PM; and Sections 1-5, 8-12, 14-16, and 21-23, T14S, R90W, <br />6th PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on <br />the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic <br />Maps. The current permit area encompasses approximately 19,854.9 acres. <br /> <br />This Technical Revision is to drill a 19” pilot hole from the surface at Deer Creek <br />Shaft to the B Seam horizon in order to construct a 22’ diameter raise bore <br />ventilation shaft between the B and the E Seams. <br /> <br />Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial Building, <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866- <br />3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, <br />Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revision application <br />should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after <br />the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. <br /> <br />