2025-05-09_PERMIT FILE - C1980007

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West Elk Mine A copy of this Certificate has been included in Exhibit 5. The original certificate is on file at the CDRMS' office. 2.03.10 Identification of Other Licenses and Permits Table 1 lists all permits and licenses currently held by MCC for West Elk Mine. Copies of the air emissions permits, NPDES permit, and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan, are included in Exhibit 6, Exhibit 7, and Exhibit 8, respectively. 2.03.11 Identification of Location of Public Office for Filing of Application In accordance with the requirements of Rule 2.07.3(4), MCC has filed a copy of the permit document and related permit and technical revision applications for West Elk Mine with the county. The document is available for public inspection at the following location: Gunnison County Community Development Department 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D Gunnison, CO 2.03.12 Newspaper Advertisement and Proof of Publication The newspaper advertisements of Permit Revision and Renewal notices are published in the Delta County Independent of Delta, CO. Copies of Proofs of Publication of all published notices have been provided to the CDRMS. Figure 2 shows a copy of an example notice. Figure 2 – Example Public Notice Public Notice Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), 5174 Highway 133, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929- 5015, has filed a complete application for Permit Renewal No. RN-08 to MCC’s Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-1980-007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July 2006), and November 2011 (effective July 2011.) The current five-year permit term expires July 31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five-year permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23-26, T13S, R91W, 6th PM, and Sections 1-5 , 8-12, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres. The purpose of the proposed Permit Renewal application No. RN-08 is to continue mining and reclamation operations per MCC’s Permit No. C-1980-007. No surface facilities or related surface disturbance is proposed in conjunction with this permit renewal application, and it would not result in any increase in production above currently permitted levels. 2.03-7 Rev. 11/04- PR10; 03/06- PR10; 09/07- PR12; 10/08- PR14; 01/16- MR415; 01/22- MR459