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West Elk Mine <br />2.03 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE COAL MINING AND <br />RECLAMATION OPERATIONS: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL, <br />FINANCIAL, COMPLIANCE, AND RELATED INFORMATION <br />2.03.1 Objective <br /> <br />This section provides the CDRMS with information regarding surface ownership, coal ownership, <br />and compliance history at West Elk Mine. The status of MCC for continued coal mining operations <br />at West Elk Mine is also presented. <br /> <br />2.03.2 Responsibilities <br /> <br />This application is provided by MCC to the CDRMS for their evaluation for continued underground <br />mine operations at West Elk Mine. <br /> <br />2.03.3 Format and Supplemental Information <br /> <br />The information presented in this application contains the most current data available. All testing, <br />analyses, surveys, mapping, reports, and permit text have been prepared by qualified individuals <br />and organizations. <br /> <br />Data collection for the original permit application, various revisions, permit renewals, and <br />subsequent monitoring and reports has been and will be conducted through the use of standard <br />accepted scientific methodologies within each field of investigation. Much of the data is collected <br />through field investigations, but has been and can be initiated and supplemented with data obtained <br />from literature searches, aerial photographs, and other resources. <br /> <br />In the case of vegetation, soil, and surface hydrologic feature mapping, aerial photographs were <br />evaluated to preliminarily identify land features, communities and/or associations. Field verification <br />was undertaken through pedestrian surveys and first-hand observation. Technical reports generated <br />from those investigations contain thorough discussions of the methodologies used. <br /> <br />Individuals and companies that have conducted investigations and provided data, analyses, reports, <br />etc. for the permit document and subsequent revisions and renewals, include, but are not limited to: <br /> <br />Vegetation, Fish and Wildlife, Land Use, Climatological, Prime Farmland, Threatened and <br />Endangered Species <br /> <br /> BIO-Logic Environmental, Montrose, CO: <br /> Steve Boyle, Owner/Biologist <br /> Savage & Savage, Inc., Windsor, CO: <br /> Michael Savage, Principal <br /> Edith Savage, President <br /> <br /> Monarch & Associates, Cedaredge, CO: <br /> John Monarch, Owner/Biologist <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2.03-1 Rev. 11/04- PR10; 03/06- PR10; 09/07- PR12; 10/08- PR14; 01/16- MR415; 01/22- MR459