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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department o(Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: 13031 832-8706 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br />OCLOber4, 1999 MINING SAF ~Y
<br />Catherine Robertson eiu ovens
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management covemor
<br />Grand Junction Resource Area Greg E. Walther
<br />2815 H Road Executive Director
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81506 Michael B. Long
<br /> Division Director
<br />Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C-81-041)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 31 (TR-31)
<br />Incidental Boundary Change
<br />Deaz Ms. Robertson:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, ,
<br />Section 116, Pazagraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 4, 1999, an application
<br />to revise coal mining operations at the Roadside Portals was considered complete for the purposes
<br />of filing. The revision was submitted by Powderhorn Coal Company. All review and comment
<br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of fits,
<br />This revision was submitted in response to DMG order issued 8/31/99. The revision would
<br />incorporate certain road segments into the permit azea, and properly designate certain additional
<br />azeas as "disturbed", on permit azea maps. The revision entails incidental permit boundary
<br />changes. The permit boundary changes increase azeal extent of the permit azea by 74 acres.
<br />"Disturbed azea" acreage would be increased by 1.8 acres.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles north of Palisade.
<br />The permit azea is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26,2 7, 28, 29, 34, and 35, T10S, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of
<br />Sections 6, 7, and 18, T11S, R97W, 6th PM; Portions of Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14, T11S,
<br />R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Section 1, T1S, R2E, Ute PM; all in Mesa County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Cameo &
<br />Palisade.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Mesa County
<br />Courthouse, Box 20,000, Grand Junction, CO 81501, and at the Division office. For additional
<br />information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology,
<br />Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to
<br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15)
<br />days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the accnmptlon that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely, `i/~
<br />Dan T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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