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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Roan 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 8663567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8706
<br />July 13, 2006
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
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<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Moffat County Commissioners
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<br />Craig, CO 81625 Division Dlrettor
<br /> Natu21 Reswrce Trustee
<br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C-1981-019)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
<br />Expansion of [he Existing Permit Boundary Area to Include Approximately 6,050 Acres of Land Located to the
<br />West and South
<br />Deaz Moffat County Commissioners:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 13, 2006, a permit revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining
<br />operations, Permit No. C-1981-019 by Colowyo Coal Company L.P., was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations
<br />of the Colorndo Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The Colowyo Coal Company has submitted an application for Permit Revision 2 (PR-02} for the Colowyo Mine. The proposed
<br />revision is for the extension of mining in the South Taylor Creek (to the south of the current operations) and Lower Wilson
<br />Creek (to the west of the current operations). The revision includes 6,050.1 new permit acres, of which 3,826.7 acres are
<br />private lands and 2,223.4 acres are federal lands. The mineral ownership includes 830.9 acres of private minernl rights and
<br />5,219.2 acres of federal mineral rights. The revision proposes to disturb an additional 905.0 acres and affect 914.2 acres with
<br />multi-seam surface and highwall mining methods. The operator is also requesting variances from contemporaneous reclamation
<br />and approximate original contour for the South Taylor mining area. There will be an increase in the reclamation liability
<br />associated with this revision.
<br />The Surface coal mining operation is located approximately 28 miles South of Craig, Colorado. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />All or portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 1Q I I, 14, I5, 16, 17, 2Q 21 and T3N, R93 W; and Sections 13, I5, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,
<br />28, 33 and 34, T4N, R93 W; 6th Prime Meridian.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of !and are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Axial and Nine Mile Gap.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder. For additional
<br />information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology,
<br />Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice
<br />in [he Craig Daily Press.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />James R. Stark
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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