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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanment of Natural Resources
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<br />1713 Sherman SL, Room 2 t 5 MINERAL S
<br />Denver, Colorado 8020] -&-
<br />Phone. (3031 866-3567 G E O L O G Y
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<br />FAx: (}03)83--8106 0.ECL4M4ilON
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<br />February 9, 1999 Rau Owens
<br /> Governor
<br />Barry Tollefson Greg E. Walther
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<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management E.ecwwe Director
<br />Gunnison Resource Area ~.ticnae~ R. Long
<br /> Director
<br />216 North Colorado
<br />Gunnison, CO SI230
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 881 TR-88)
<br />Revision of Hydrologic Monitoring Program
<br />Dear Mr. Tollefson:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33. Section l l6,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, I.hat 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 [he 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 Pavnia, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, l5, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />13 Sottth, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.; and po:tivns or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, Township 13 South.
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on IJSGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Courthouse,
<br />200 E Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at 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) 866-3567. 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 no comments are received by then, we will proceed on [he assumption [hat
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
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<br />1im R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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