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ii i i ii viii <br />999 <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />West Elk Mine <br />Post Office Box 591 <br />Somerset, Colorado 81434 <br />Telephone 303 929-5015 <br />Fax 303 929-5595 <br />July 13, 1993 <br />i~ <br />RECEI''~~E~ <br />Ms. Christine Johnston <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: West Elk Mine, Permit C-80-007 <br />Minor Revision No. 95, Reopening & Reclamation of the West <br />Flatiron Road for Raven Gulch Exploration <br />Dear Christine: <br />JUL 16 1993 <br />Division Cf Mmelel~ a uee'~ogy <br />Mountain Coal Company (MCC) requests a minor revision to reopen, then later reclaim approximately 13,000 feet <br />of the West Flatiron Road which crosses MCC's current permit azea in Sections 27 and 28, T13S, R90W, 6th P.M. <br />This road is necessary to access drill sites J, K and M of the Raven Gulch exploration project and located off of <br />MCC's current permit area. A Notice of Intent application has been submitted for this project and has or soon will <br />be approved by the Division. <br />CONSOL, [he last exploration licensee, had rnnstncted (or upgraded) this road to access other drill sites in 1991. <br />The road is located on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands. The USFS has specified that the road be returned to its <br />current "reclaimed" configuration by constructing water bars and tank traps (large pits), seeding, [hen blocking the <br />entrance with a gate or steel posts. Locations of these drainage and access restricting sWCtures are to be approved <br />by the District Ranger (as specified in the USFS Raven Gulch Environmental Assessment, May, 1993.) The <br />attached map has been highlighted to show the subject exploration road. <br />'file road will be reclaimed [o its prior configuration (with water bars, tank traps, etc. as approved by the USFS). <br />Attached are the reclamation bond calculations for reclaiming this portion of the road. Please be aware that these <br />reclamation costs are duplicated in the general Raven Gulch Exploration bond, as the road on the permit area had <br />not been segregated from the outside area in any prior application. <br />Please contact me should you have questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />~y oar-,'~ <~~-,< <br />Kathleen G. Welt <br />Environmental Supervisor <br />xc: G. Miller <br />A. Papp <br />M. Scanlon <br />P. Schmidt <br />