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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 />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 86b3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />October 1, 2007
<br />Greg Wolff
<br />Colorado Historical Society
<br />The Colorado History Museum
<br />] 300 Broadway
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<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. Wolff:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />- &-
<br />SAF ETY
<br />Bill Riner, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Hards D. Sherman
<br />Ezetutive Direcor
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />NaNal Resource T,ustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 1 t6, Paragraph 4, 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. The revision was
<br />submitted by Mountain Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
<br />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 36, T13S, R90W, and in parts of Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, T14S, R90W. No new disturbance
<br />on the land surface is proposed.
<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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8,
<br />9, 10, portions of Sections I I, 12, 17, and 18, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I-3, I I-13, Township 13 South, Range 9l 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 />Because the above-referenced permit revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area or
<br />might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's
<br />evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources.
<br />In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have your
<br />concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "[he proposed operations will
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