REV89493

• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/22/1997
• Doc Name: NOTICE OF PERMIT RENEWAL
• From: DMG
• To: USFS
• Type & Sequence: RN3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmem of NaNral Resources
1313 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FA% 13031832-8106
January 22, 1997
Mike Ward
U.S. Forest Service
Paonia Ranger District
P.O. Box 1030
Paonia, CO 84128
Re: Bear Mine (Permit No. Cr81-033)
Permit Renewal Application No. 3
Dear Mr. Ward:
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
lames 5. Lochhead
Eaecmive DIIeCInr
Michael 8. Long
Division Director
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 21, 1997, a permit renewal application for a permit
to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-81-033 by Bear Coal Company, Inc., was considered complete
for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining
Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Tor Coal Mining
initiate from this date of filing.
The applicant proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land located near ,
Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
Township 13 South, Ranpe 90 West, 6th P.M.
Section 8: S/2 SE/4 South of the River
Section 9: All South of the River
Section I5: W/2 NW/4, W/2 SE/4
Section 16: All
Section 17: All except portions of the NR NW/4 and except portions of the NW/4 NFJ4
Section 18: SE/4 SE/4, NE/4 SFJ4, SE/4 NW/4
Section 20: NW/4, NE/4
Section 21: N/2 NE/4, N/2 NW/4, SW/4 NW/4
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset, Colorado.
A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 E.
Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal
conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
Colorado, 80203, [phone], within thirty days (30) after the last public notice in the Detta County Independent.
Sincerely,
/°~Ni~tk" / ~~,
Michael P. Boulay
Environmental Protection Specialist
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