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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />131 7 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />Phone: 13071 865-3567
<br />FAx: (3031832-8106
<br />December 20, 1993
<br />Mr. Keith Herman
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Montrose District
<br />2505 South Townsend Avenue
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: Orchard Valley Mine (Permit No. C-81-038)
<br />Technical Revision No. 24 (Hydrology Monitoring Reduction)
<br />Dear Mr. Herman:
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<br />Governor
<br />Michael B. Long
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<br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised
<br />Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on
<br />December 17, 1993, a technical revision application for a permit to conduct
<br />coal mining operations by Cyprus Orchard Valley Coal Corp., P.O. Box 1299,
<br />Paonia, Colorado 81428, was deemed complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />reviews and comment periods as provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated
<br />thereunder initiate from this day of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to revise underground coal mining operations at the
<br />Orchard Valley Mine. The revision proposes various changes to the hydrologic
<br />monitoring plan.
<br />The Orchard Valley permit area is located approximately four miles north of
<br />Paonia, Colorado, and is further described as follows:
<br />A parcel of land situated in Sections 1, 2, 10-15, 22-25, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 92 West of the 6th P.M., and Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29-32, Township 13
<br />South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M., described as follows:
<br />S 1/2, S 1/2 S 1/2 NW 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4
<br />Lot 1 Section 1; SE 1/4, E 1!2 SW 114, SW 1/4 SW 114, S 1/2 S 112 NE 1/4,
<br />S 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 2; E 1/2 Lot 17, Lots 18-20 Section 3; Lots 1-3,
<br />E 1/2 Lot 4, E 1/2 Lot 5, Lots 6-11, E 112 Lot 12, E 1/2 Lot 13, Lots 14-16
<br />Section 10; All of Section 11; All of Section 12; All of Section 13; All of
<br />Section 14; Lots 1-12, E 1/2 Lot 13, Lots 14-16 Section 15; Lots 1-3, E 1/2
<br />Lot 4, E 1/2 Lot 5, Lots 6-8 Section 22; Lots 1-8 Section 23; Lots 1-6, S 1/2
<br />NE 1/4, Lots 8-9, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, W 1/2 SW 1/4 Lot 7, E 1/2 Lot 11, Lot 12,
<br />W 1/2 W 1/2 Lot 13 Section 24, Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M., and
<br />containing 5770 acres +.
<br />Also the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SW 1/4 SW 1/4,
<br />NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, W 1/2 NW 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 5;
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