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Public Notice Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (MCC), West Elk Mine, P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision Number 105, to Mining and Reclamation Permit Number C-80-007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board) under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The Technical Revision is to construct two ventilation shafts at the Refuse Pile Expansion area to facilitate mining in the B Seam. One shaft will be an intake shaft with no fan; the other will be an exhaust shaft equipped with a fan. The project is located in Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6`h PM in portions of Sections 10 and 15. The shaft construction will occur on previously disturbed areas and the project will not increase the amount of disturbed land. The construction will occur on lands owned and controlled by Mountain Coal Company. The current permit was originally issued by the Boazd in July 1981, reissued August 1986, January 1993 (Effective August 1991), July 1996, and renewed July 31, 2001. The current five-year permit term expires July 31, 2006. The West Elk Mine permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-30, and 34-36, Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6`h PM; and Sections 23-26, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6a' PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties and encompasses approximately 10,386.3 acres. The azea is found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset Quadrangle Topographic Map. An increase in disturbed area will not result as a result of this Technical Revision. A copy of the Technical Revision application is available for review at the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) Office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567; and the Gunnison County Planning Department, 200 E. Virginia, Gunnison CO 81230. Written comments or objections on the application must be submitted to the CDMG.