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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1 J 13 Sherman St.. Roam ?15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80?03 <br />Phone: (1071 866-3567 <br />FA% (3031 A3bA106 <br />June 29. 1998 <br />II~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Susan Nall Roy Romer <br /> Governor <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br /> lames 5. Lochhead <br />Regulatory Uni[ A Etecmive Duector <br />402 Rood Avenue, Room 142 ~1¢nae~ A. Long <br />Grand ]unction, CO 81501-2563 Division Dueaor <br />Re: Apex No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-81-011) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 10 <br />Vegetation Standard Revision <br />... <br />Dear Ms. Nall: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 26, 1998, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Apex No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted <br />by Sunland Mining Corporation. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />The applicant proposes to revise the vegetation standards for the Apex No. 2 Mine. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles west of Oak Creek, Colorado. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 21 and 22, Township 4 North, Range 86 West of the 6th P. M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt Counry Courthouse, Box <br />773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />T.m K.(~dti•~ <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: E. Forrest Jones, Jr., Esq., Sunland Mining Corp, Costain America, InC. N ~OSSV RC~TE~I PROJOIIOI.TAK <br />