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- West Elk Coal Company, Inc. :~ Post Olfice Box 591 Somerset, Colorado 81434 Telephone 303 929 5015 April 26, 1989 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -5~ 7 `' ~ ~~ APR :~ ~ 1989 fVi'jy5=... i / ~l~n Mr. Matthew S. Hayes Reclamation Specialist Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 Re: Technical Revision, Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine, CMLRD Permit C-80-007, Access Slopes and Mining in the B Coal Seam. Dear Mr. Hayes: Enclosed are three copies of the above referenced application for a technical revision to the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine, Mining and Reclamation Plan. The revision is for access and associated activities by way of slopes and a ventilation shaft from inside the existing F Seam workings to the B Seam. The revision also encompasses mining in the B Seam by room and pillar, as well as longwall mining methods. All activities associated with the revision are within the current 5-year permit area with the exception of a 35.5 acre incidental boundary revision necessary to accommodate the B Seam mine main access entries. No openings (shafts or portals to the surface) are included in the plan and all access work will be underground. No changes to the surface facilities or reclamation plan are included in the revision. No change in the reclamation bond is included in the revision, as the reclamation plan is not being revised. Under the language of the existing Colorado Regulations for Coal Mining, coupled with past precedents which help define regulatory language, we believe the application qualifies as a technical revision and is being submitted as such. Timely permit approval is of the utmost importance to the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine operation. So that the agencies involved can begin the process as soon as possible, we are taking the opportunity to submit concurrent applications to OSMRE, BLM, and the U.S. Forest Service. Per our understanding, Federal mine AMCO-6204