PERMFILE50621

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/4/2002
• Doc Name: USFS Special Use Permit Application
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 80 Drilling Activities - MR270
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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May 31, 2000
Ms. Susan Speaz, District Ranger
United States Forest Service
P.O. Box 1030
Paonia, Colorado 81428
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Division of Minerals and Geology
West Elk Mine
P.O. Box i91
SI74 Highway 133
Somerse4 COS 1434
[phone]
Fax [phone]
Re: Mountain Coal Company LLC (MCC), West Elk 1~Iine; United States Forest Service (USFS)
Special Use Permit Application Submittal.
Deaz Ms. Speaz:
MCC is submitting this Special Use Permit Application in response to the anticipated occupancy of
USFS lands for access, monitoring, maintenance, and reclamation of drill holes, pads, roads, and
pipelines associated with the thermal event that occurred on or about January 28, 2000, in the West Elk
Mine. It is anticipated that temporary occupancy of USFS lands will be necessary until Panel 13A is
completed in January 2001. When Panel 13A is completed, MCC will commence with final
reclamation of the site.
MCC successfully completed 43 drill holes into the mine, installed seventeen cement/ fly-ash seals,
pumped 40 million gallons of water to the drill sites, and has made substantial progress in
extinguishing the source(s) of the combustion in the abandoned gob azea. The pumping of water and
monitoring of drill holes for temperature, water levels, and gas sampling will continue until Pane] 13A
is completed. Interim reclamation activities have commenced and include the re-grading of sub-soil to
approximate original contour, re-distribution of topsoil, seeding, fertilizing, mulching, and installation
of sediment control measures. Interim reclamation will be performed in areas that aze no longer
needed now or during the mining of Panel 13A for monitoring or water injection.
Enclosed with this permit application aze the spread sheet, maps, and drawings depicting the drill hole
locations, seal locations, emergency drill hole data, typical equipment list, surface disturbed areas, and
areas of projected interim reclamation. MCC has copied the USFS with this information in the form of
periodic updates and the letter dated May 19, 2000, to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
is included with this application for reference.