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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Departmenr or h'anual Resources
<br />1713 Sherman SL. Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V I S I O N O F
<br />Phone: (3031 866-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: (303) 837-BIU6 $1
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> RECLAMATION
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<br />April 17, 2001 MINING•$AFETY
<br /> B~II Owens
<br />Natural Resources Conservation Service eovernnr
<br />Gunnison Field Office Greg E. Watcher
<br />216 North Colorado Avenue E><ecwive D~reclor
<br />Gunnison
<br />CO 81230 ht~chael B. Long
<br />, Division Director
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 4 (RN-4)
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 17, 2001, an application to renew an existing permit
<br />to conduct coal mining operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and [he Rules initiate
<br />from [his date of filing.
<br />Mountain Coa] Company, LLC proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation opemtions on
<br />land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, I5, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />l3 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.; and portions or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection a[ the Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 E
<br />Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written
<br />comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice
<br />in the Delta County /ndependent.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Jim R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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