APPCOR12538

• 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: CDPHE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1 313 Sherman SL, Roum 215

Denver, Colorado 80203 ili~~

Rhone: 13071 866-3567 I I
FAR: (7031 832-8106
January 2, 1997 DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
Mr. lames S. Geier RESOURCES
CDPHE Roy Romer
Air Pollution Control Commission cover"or
4300 Cher Creek South Drive
n' lames 5. Lochhead
Ececulive Dnmor
Denver, CO 80222-1530 Michael B. Long
Division Director
RE: LORENCITO CANYON MINE (Permit No. C-96-084)
New Permit Application
Dear Mr. Geier:
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 tiling. All review and comment 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 County Courthouse, 200 E. First
Street, Room 104, Trinidad, Colorado, 81082, and at the Division office. For additional information, [o
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.
SinceJr`e//ly~,~
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Ken[ A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
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