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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832$106 <br />September 22, 2006 <br />Katie Pague <br />Colorado Natural Heritage Program <br />Colorado State University <br />8002 Campus Delivery <br />Fort Collins, CO 80523-9002 <br />Re: Northfield Mine (Permit No. C-2006-085) <br />New Permit Application <br />Deaz Ms. Pague: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- bc- <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive DireROr <br />Ronald W. Canany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, <br />Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 22, 2006, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining <br />operations at the Northfield Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as <br />provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing. <br />The applicant Northfield Partners, LLC, proposes to conduct underground coal mining operations on land located <br />approximately 3 miles south of Canon City. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, Township 19 South, Range 70 West <br />Areas to be affected by proposed surface and underground operations are encompassed by the proposed Northfield permit <br />area located in south central Colorado in Fremont County. The Northfield permit area is located approximately three miles <br />south of the incorporated Canon City. A limited area for mine support facilities and portals, located within the permit area, <br />will be constructed on the north side of Chandler Creek. The proposed mine access and haul road leading to the facilities <br />area will intersect the right-of--way of County Road 79 a distance of 0.52 miles east of the junction of County Road 79 and <br />County Road I lA. <br />The mine permit area contains approximately 1,430 acres, bounded on the west by County Road 77 and its northern limit <br />approaches the south edge of the town of Brookside. Chandler Creek and County Road 79 bisect the permit area from <br />southwest to northeast. The eastern permit boundary crosses County Road 79 approximately 250 feet east of the entrance to <br />the aforementioned mine access road. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Canon City. <br />A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Fremont County Courthouse, 615 Macon Avenue, Room B-5, <br />Canon City, CO 81212 and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an <br />informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days of the last publication of the public notice in the Canon Ciry Darly <br />Record. <br />Sincer ly, <br />Kent A. Gorham <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of c-nr-u~ uwwa~ nTU_luwuv_e ro r <br />ice o <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />