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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />C O I
<br />O R A D O
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 .
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: (303) 8663567 RECI.AMATICIN
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAF ETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />October I, 2007 Governor
<br /> Harcis D. Sherman
<br />Hal Simpson Executive Direttor
<br />Department of Natural Resources Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division of Water Resources Divulon oircctm
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-19811-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 12 (PR-12)
<br />Addition of Dry Fork Lease COC-67232
<br />Dear Mr. Simpson:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tile 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October I, 2007, an application to revise coal mining operations at the West
<br />Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />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 area by
<br />approximately 1,767 acres. This land and coal are federally-owned and aze located in Gunnison County in parts of Sections 35 and
<br />36, T 135, R90W, and in parts of Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, Tl4S, R90W. No new disturbance on the land surface is proposed.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is
<br />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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River m Sections 8, 9, 1Q,
<br />portions of Sections 11, 12, ] 7, and 18, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 1-3, I 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.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection a[ the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin,
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230, and at [he Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an
<br />informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the De/to Countylndependent.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Tom Kaldenbach
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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