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• 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: LAS ANIMAS CNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 2, 1997
Las Animas County Board of Commissioners
200 E. First St., Room 104
Trinidad, CO 81082
RE: LORENCITO CANYON MINE (Permit No. C-96-084)
New Permit Application
Dear County Commissioners:
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
fames S. Lochhead
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Michael B. Long
Division Director
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 2, 1997, an application
for a permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Lorencito Canyon Mine was considered complete
for the purposes of fi]ing. All review and cotmnent periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal
Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing.
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 Counry Courthouse, 200
East 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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Kent A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
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