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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />131) Sherman St.. Roam 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80'_03 <br />Phone: 13031 8663567 <br />FA%:0031 87?-8106 <br />December 29, 1998 <br />Eugene Aiello <br />Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District <br />314 W. Main Street <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />Re: Lorencito Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-96-084) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 4 <br />New Ownership and Control Information <br />Dear Mr. Aiello: <br />it <br />i. <br />,x <br />DEPART~~tENT C)t. <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCE`S <br />Roy Rnmer <br />Gooernnr <br />lames 5. lochhead <br />Executive Dvecmr <br />Michael B. Long <br />Dirision Director <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 December 28, 1998, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Lorencito Canyon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was <br />submitted by Lorencito Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />This techncial revision revises the ownership and control information. <br />The combined surface and underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 miles west of <br />Segundo on Hwy 12. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />On lands south of the Purgatoire River, lands east of the South Fork of the Purgatoire and Alamosa Canyon, lands <br />north of Vermejo Park, and lands west of Widow Woman Canyon containing approximately 17,862 acres. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Tercio. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas Counry Courthouse, <br />200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division office. For additional information or <br />to provide written comments, contac[ the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (l5) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assump[ion that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />,~crCcar~~~p~St-Z~~..a.~..~a' ~/ <br />Kent A. Gorham <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />KAG/]RC <br />M?OSSVRCREMP~R030830T. KAG <br />