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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman SI., Room 215
<br />Denver, CO 9r,203
<br />Phone: 13011 8663567
<br />FA x:13071 83'8:06
<br />March 24, 1993
<br />Soil Conservation Service
<br />Grand Junction Field Office
<br />Crossroads Petroleum Building, Suite 170
<br />2754 Compass Drive
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81506-8795
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<br />Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />Michael 8. Long
<br />Division Director
<br />Re: Roadside and Cameo Mines (Our File No. C-81-041)
<br />Technical Revision No. 15 (Contemporaneous Reclamation of CRDA Nos. 1 and 2)
<br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes,
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on March 24, 1993,
<br />a technical revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations by
<br />Powderhorn Coal Company, P.O. Box 1430, Palisade, Colorado 81526, was deemed
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment periods as provided
<br />in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this day of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to revise underground coal mining operations at the
<br />Roadside and Cameo Mines. The proposed revision includes a timetable for the
<br />completion of cover requirement field trials at the Roadside Refuse Disposal Area
<br />and for initial contemporaneous reclamation on the lower benches of the Cameo
<br />Refuse Disposal Areas Nos. 1 and 2. The mines are located approximately three
<br />miles northeast of Palisade, Colorado. The permit area is encompassed within the
<br />following lands:
<br />T 10 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28,
<br />29, 34, and 35
<br />T 11 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14
<br />T 11 S, R 97 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 6, 7, and 18
<br />T 1 S, R 2 E, Ute P,M.: Section 1
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of
<br />Cameo and Palisade. Lands to be affected by this proposed revision lie in:
<br />T 10 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M., Sections 28 and 34.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at
<br />the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 544 Rood, Grand Junction, Colorado.
<br />Written comments may be submitted and additional information may be obtained from
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Jane . inns ,
<br />Recl~amatio Specialist
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