REV88698

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/12/2001
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: MOUNTAIN COAL CO
• Type & Sequence: TR93
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1 31 3 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAY: [phone]
July 12, 2001
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MI NING•SAFETY
Hen Barbe
~' Bill Owens
Governor
Mountain Coal Company, LLC Greg E Watcher
P.O. Box 591 Executive Director
Somerset, CO 81434 Michael R long
Division Directo.
Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-00'n
Technical Revision No. 93 (TR-93)
Design for Bulkheads in the Lone Pine Portal
Dear Mr. Barbe:
We have received your technical revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado.
Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
Act, Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application has been considered complete
for the purposes of filing as of July 12, 2001. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement submitted with
the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should publish this advertisement as specified in
Rule 2.08.4(6) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be filed with the Division as
soon as available after the publication date.
Coincident with the publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed for public
inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent changes or
additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to the Division.
The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have submitted
are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of [he Ac[ and Regulations. In accordance with
Section 34-33-116(5) of the Act, a proposed decision approving or denying this application will be issued no later
than September 10, 2001.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,, ~~~ /~~""`.'C
s
m R. Burnell
Environmental Protection Specialist
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