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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanmem n( N,n ural Resources
<br />I } I }Sherman 51., Kunm 21 S
<br />Denver, Culurodo 80201
<br />Phnnc: 0031 86(x0587
<br />FAX: I Nll 1812-81 IJ6
<br />July 17, 1997
<br />Robert H. Caskey
<br />Colorado Division of Wildlife
<br />Northwest Regional Office
<br />71llndependenl Avenue
<br />Grand ]unction, CO 81505
<br />Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C-81-041)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 3
<br />Dear Mr. Caskey:
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<br />DEPARTfv1ENT OF
<br />NATURAL.
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />lame> S Lochhead
<br />E~rcmive Ducao.
<br />Michael B. Long
<br />Division Dueuor
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I I8, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 17, 1997, an application to renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining
<br />operations at the Roadside Portals was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as
<br />provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land located approximately 5
<br />miles north of Palisade. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />TIOS, R98W, 6th P.M.; Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34 and 35
<br />Tl IS, R98W, 6th P.M.; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14
<br />TI IS, R97W, 6th P.M.; Sections 6, 7 an d 18
<br />TIS, R2E, U[e P.M.; Section l
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Cameo and Palisade Quadrangle maps.
<br />This application is for successive renewal of a currently permitted operation. The application does not propose any changes
<br />to the existing permit, but would allow operations to continue within the previously permitted area for an additional 5 year
<br />permit term.
<br />If you have any concerns regarding the permit renewal, we request that comments be submitted to [he Division of Minerals and
<br />Geology at the above address by 5:00 p.m. on September I5, 1997. [f no comments are received by this date, we will proceed
<br />on the assumption that your agency has no concerns with or objections to the applicant's proposal.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection a[ the Mesa County Courthouse, 544 Rood Ave., Grand
<br />Junction, CO 81501, and a[ the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an
<br />informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567, or the Grand Junction Field Office, 2148 Broadway #C-5, Grand Junction, CO 81503, (970) 242-5025, within
<br />thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the The Daily Sentinel.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Dan T. Mathews ~rJL-
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/JRC
<br />Enclosure(s) M.~OSNRCITFAIPASB~H 109 DTM
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