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<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Deparlinen nl Na Wr,~l RCSOUfCBS
<br />1.41 i Sherman 51 , Roum _' 15
<br />Denver, Gilurdrlu HIP_n3
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<br />FAQ' 1 insl a L'$I l)b
<br />August 3l, 1998
<br />Phi] Hegeman
<br />Colorado Department of Health
<br />Water Quality Control Division Permit Section
<br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
<br />Denver, CO 80222-1530
<br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-81-012)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 3 (RN-3)
<br />Dear Mr. Hegeman:
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />lames 5 Lochhead
<br />ftemwe Duecior
<br />Michael B. Long
<br />Drvwon Director
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, tha[ on August 31, 1998, an application to renew an existing permit to conduc[ coal
<br />mining operations at the New Elk Mine was coruidered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods
<br />as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Picketwire Processing, LLC proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land loca[ed
<br />approximately 25 miles wes[ of Trinidad, Colorado. The permi[ area is funkier described as follows:
<br />Township 33 South. Range 67 West, Sections 30 and 3l
<br />Township 34 South. Range 67 West, Section 6
<br />Township 33 South, Range 68 West, Sections 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, and 36
<br />Township 34 Sauth, Range 68 West, Sections 1 and 2
<br />All sections are partially or fully projected by Picketwire Processing due to the unsurveyed nature of the Maxwell Land Grant.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Vigil.
<br />Picketwire Processing is requesting a 5 year petmi[ [erm to continue coal processing and loading operations at the New Elk
<br />facility. Undergrotmd coal workings are sealed at this mine and processing ac[ivities are the focus of operations at this site.
<br />Presently, the site is in temporary cessation until coal mining operations begin at Lorencito Canyon, NC-96-084.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County Courthouse, 200 Eas[ First
<br />Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division oftice. For additional information, [o provide written comments,
<br />or reques[ an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Chronicle -News.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Kent A. Gorham
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />KAG/lRC
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />cc: Jerry Koblitz, Greystone
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