APPCOR11942

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 1/2/1997
• Doc Name: LORENCITO CANYON MINE PN C-96-084 NEW PERMIT APPLICATION
• From: DMG
• To: NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmem o(Nalural Resources
1317 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorario 80203
Phone: 13071 AL,6~3567
FA%~ 1301) A32 AIOG
January 2, 1997
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Trinidad Field Office
422 East First Street
Trinidad, CO 81082
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STATE OF COLORADO
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DEPARTMEIJT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
lames s. Lochhead
Execulrve Director
RE: LORENCITO CANYON MINE (Petmit No. C-96-084)
New Permit Application
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in
Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that of
permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Lorencito Canyon
purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided
Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado M
Mining initiate from this date of filing.
Michael B. Long
Division Direcor
accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
I January 2, 1997, an application for a
Mine was considered complete for the
in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
fined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
The applicant, Lorencito Coal Company, proposes to conduct combined surface & underground coal mining
operations on lands owned by the Hill Ranch located southeast of Weston, Colorado. Coal mined by this
operation will be transported off-site for processing and shipment to markets. The permit area can be
generally described as bounded by the South Fork of the Purgatoire River on the west, Highway 12 on the
north, Lorencito and Bonita Canyons on the east and Little Alamosa Canyon on the south. Map 2.03.4-1 and
Exhibit 2 of the permit application contain the lengthy, detailed legal description. The above-mentioned tracts
of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Tercio, Weston and Little Pine Canyon.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County Courthouse, 200 E. First
Street, Room 104, Trinidad, Colorado, 81082, and at the Division office. For additional information, to
provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology,
Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days of the
last publication of the public notice in the Trinidad Chronicle.
Sincerely,
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Ken[ A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
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