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• • III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />COLORADO WESTMORELAND INC. <br />P. O. Box E, Paonia, Colorado B942B ~] 303-527-4935 <br />o~~~~ V ~® <br />July 18, 1980 <br />Mr. David Shelton, Director <br />Colordo Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />723 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Orchard Valley Mine Permit ~f77-353 <br />Dear Mr. Shelton: <br />JUL 24 1980 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />C OIC. ~E~!. Cf Mohlrol RnS~!'!,^,p~ <br />On February 18, 1980, Colorado Westmoreland Inc. made a submittal to the Of- <br />fice of Surface Mining in response to Don Crane's letter of September 24, 1979. <br />This volume contains additional responses to that letter. Also, a response to Don <br />Crane's letter to Dean Massey of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board of <br />May 22, 1980. n(Cu,;ti. S«~-~~uSif~^ <br />This application has been submitted to comply with the Permanent Program <br />regulations and to add 854 acres to the existing approved permit area for an un- <br />derground mining operation. h s additional acreage was acquired through the Bu- <br />reau of Land Management's issuance, on August 15, 1979, of Short-Term Competitive <br />Coal Lease C-27432 subject to a lease condition (Special Stipulation 30c) re- <br />stricting production to 700,000 tons per year. Accordingly, the mine plan appli- <br />cation stated that production would be limited until such time as the restriction <br />on production was removed. See Application 44782.17 and 784.11. -• <br />We now intend to increase the production rate to 1,300,000 tons annually <br />(see Map 2) based on the Bureau of Land Management's removal of the Special Stipu- <br />lation limiting production in its entirety. This action was taken by BLM in ac- <br />cordance with its finding, based on an extensive environmental assessment, that <br />the expected change by Colordo Westmoreland in its production rate to 1,300,000 <br />tons per year would not have a significant environmental impact. <br />If you have any further questions please feel free to call me at 527-4135. <br />Sincerely, <br />~icia`E~nsworth <br />Aline Engineer <br />PMF:fec <br />• <br />91901GR~ OF <br />.I MCIREIO NII <br />d GnMP~Nr ~ ~~ T , <br />I 1 :u I <br />