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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFELY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 C O L O R A D O
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<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 DIVISION O F
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAFETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
<br />October 1, 2007
<br /> Harris D. Sherman
<br /> Executive Director
<br />Ryan Taylor
<br /> Ronald W. Cattany
<br />U.S. Forest Service Division Director
<br />Paonia Ranger District
<br />Natural Resource Tmstee
<br />P.O. Box 1030
<br />Paonia, CO 84128
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 12 (PR-12)
<br />Addition of Dry Fork Lease COC-67232
<br />Dear Mr. Taylor:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 118, Pazagraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 1, 2007, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment
<br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The operator proposes to expand the underground mine workings by approximately 1,517 acres and expand the permit
<br />area by approximately 1,767 acres. This land and coal are federally-owned and are located in Gunnison County in
<br />parts of Sections 35 and 3b, T13S, R90W, and in parts of Sections i, 2, 1 1, and 12, T14S, R90W. No new disturbance
<br />on the land surface is proposed.
<br />The DRMS requests written verification regazding Federal mining leases and/or federal surface access approval.
<br />Mountain Coal Company has referenced the Federal mining lease and/or Federal Surface access agreement COC-
<br />67232 in this application as a document upon which they base their legal right to enter. Please verify that the lease
<br />and/or agreement has been issued and that final BLM/federal agency lease/agreement approval has been granted. If
<br />the lease/agreement application is pending, please notify DRMS as to the status of the lease/agreement review and
<br />when a decision is anticipated. Verification of Federal leases and/or federal surface access agreements should be sent
<br />to me at the address listed above.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Section 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8,
<br />9, l0, portions of Sections 1 1, l2, 17, and l8, Township l3 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 1-3, 1 I-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 6 & 7, Township 13 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
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<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines .
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