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<br />STATE OF COLU~~vU
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanmem of Natural Resources
<br />131 J Sherman SI., Roam 21 5
<br />Denver, Colorado 8020]
<br />Phone: (3031 A66~3567
<br />FAY: 13071 8J2~8106
<br />Augus[ 8, 1997
<br />Alan Kesterke
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Montrose District Office
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 82
<br />Train Loadout Improvements
<br />Dear Mr. Kesterke:
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romrr
<br />Goremor
<br />lames 5 Lochhead
<br />Evrcuove Direno~
<br />blichael B. long
<br />Division Dlreclor
<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 August 8, 1997, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by
<br />Mountain Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from
<br />this date of filing.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The
<br />permit azea is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />13 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.; and portions or all of Sections 23, 24, 2~, and 26, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Courthouse,
<br />200 E Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />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 comments
<br />be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the
<br />assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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