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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />October 11, 2005 <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />Delta Field Office <br />East Delta Industrial Park <br />690 Industrial Boulevard <br />Delta, CO 81416 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 105 (TR-105) <br />Vent Shafts at Refuse Pile Expansion <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MIN SRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />SAFETY•FCIFNtF <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Dimctor <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resou¢e Trustee <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, <br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 11, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the West Elk <br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Mountain Coal Company, LLC. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from [his date of filing. <br />The mine operator proposes to bore two vertical shafts from a pad that is to be consnvged on a hillslope above one of the <br />mine's sediment control ponds that is next to Highway 133, 2 miles east of Somerset, Colorado. The proposed shaft site is in <br />SE 1/4 Section 10 and NE I/4 Section 15, T.13S., R.90W., in Gunnison County. The operator proposes to bore the shafts on an <br />approximate ].5-acre parcel of land owned by the mine operator within the existing mine permit boundary, and does not <br />propose to add disturbed azea. The purpose of the shafts will be to provide ventilation to the West Elk Mine underground <br />workings. <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 9l West; <br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 4, S, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of [he North Pork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8, 9, IQ, <br />portions of Sections 1 I, 12, 17, and 18, Township 13 South, Range 90 West; <br />Portions of Sections I-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 />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At [he time of <br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Gunnison County Clerk <br />and Recorder, 200 E. Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen <br />(l5) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns <br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />T~*,/r~,p,~. <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Sperialict <br />C-TR-~~~0]_TAK_2005101I 22201 PM Q~ce Of COlOfadO <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />