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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />September 9, 2005
<br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
<br />Colorado/Gunnison Basin Office
<br />400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563
<br />Re: Munger Caayou Mine (Permit No. C-1981-020)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 19 (T'R-19)
<br />Coal Waste Disposal Area Sediment Poad Modification
<br />Dear Sv or Madam:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MIN sRALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />0.FCLAMATION•MIN ING
<br />SAFETY•SCIEN <E
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive DIfeCIOr
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues nofice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 126, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 7, 2005, an application to revise coal miniug operations at the Munger
<br />Canyon Mine was wnsidered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Central Appalachia Mining,
<br />LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulafions initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This revision allows for modification of the coal waste disposal area sediment pond, including elimination of the existing open
<br />channel emergency spillway and installafion of a 21%pipe emergency spillway. Project would involve sediment removal from
<br />an adjacent ephemeral channel segment that was impacted by a recent flood event.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 18 miles North of Loma, Colorado. The permit azea
<br />is further described as follows:
<br />Mine site: Portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 33, and 34, T7S, R102W, 6th P.M., all in Garfield County.
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3 and 4, T8S, R102W, 6th P.M., all in Garfield County.
<br />Rail Loadout: Portions of Section 34, TZN, R3 W, Ute PM, in Mesa County.
<br />Portions of Section 3, TIN, R3 W, Ute PM, in Mesa County.
<br />The area affected by the proposed revision is at the mine site in Garfield County. The mine site location is covered by USGS
<br />7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Howazd Canyon, and Garvey Canyon.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed wmplete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this applicaton at the Mesa County Clerk and
<br />Recorder, P.O. Box 20,000, Grand Junction, CO 81501, and at the Division office. To provide written comments, contact the
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866.3567. If you have
<br />questions regarding the project, please call me in Grand Junction, at (970} 242-5025. in order for us to comply with regulatory
<br />time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fiReen (1 S) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then,
<br />we will py67~eed ~assum~tion that you have no concerns with, or objections to, [he applicant's proposal.
<br />Dan T'1C4athews
<br />Environmental Prot coon Specialist
<br />DTM/Ahd
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