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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
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<br />t 713 Sherman SL, Roam 215 Al I N E R A L S
<br />Denier, Colorado 80203 -d.-
<br />Phone !3031 8663567 G E O L O G Y
<br />FA%: 1303) 832-8106 n iH ~ iv a~ s.: r [° r
<br />February 9, 1999 ern owims
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<br />Lawrence Kline cregt walcner
<br /> Erecuuve Director
<br />Office of Surface Mining
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<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center nnrhaelB Lon
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<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver. CO 80202-5733
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 88 (TR-88)
<br />Revision of Hydrologic Monitoring Program
<br />Dear Mr. Kline:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33. Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of [he Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 9, 1999, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate
<br />from this date of filing.
<br />MCC proposes an update and revision of their hydrologic monitoring program.
<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 or all of Sections 9, 10, ] 5, 17, I8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />13 South, Range 90 Wes[ of the 6th P.M.; and porcions or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26. Township 13 South,
<br />Range 9l West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of [he technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Courthouse,
<br />200 E Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and a[ the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-367. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted
<br />within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If na comments are received by then, vve will proceed on the assumption [hat
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerel~s~^2i~
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<br />lim R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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