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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION o r <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MIN &RA L $ <br /> <br />FAX: (303) 832-6106 G E O L O G Y <br /> RECLAMATION•MINING <br />December 29, 2003 SAf ETT•SCIENCE <br /> <br />Henry Barbe Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC Greg E. Walther <br />P.O. Box 591 Executive Director <br />Somerset, CO 81434 Ronald W. Cattany <br /> Division DirecTOr <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) Natural Resource Trustee <br />Technical Revision No. 97 (TR-97) <br />Update Permit to Reflect Reclamation of Lone Pine Portal Area <br />Dear Mr. Bazbe: <br />We have received your technical revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. <br />Our initial review indicates that al( preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act, Section 34-33-101 et seg., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application has been considered complete <br />for the purposes of filing as of December 29, 2003. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and <br />the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement submitted with <br />the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should publish this advertisement as specified in <br />Rule 2.08.4(6) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be filed with the Division as <br />soon as available after the publication date. <br />Coincident with the publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed for public <br />inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent changes or <br />additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to the Division. <br />The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have submitted <br />are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. In accordance with <br />Section 34 33-116(5) of the Act, a proposed decision approving or denying this application will be issued no later <br />than February 27, 2004. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />tit ~' ~~> <br />J . Burnell <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JRB/Ahd <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />