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<br /> STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman SL. Room ? 15
<br />Denver, Colorado 80?O3
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />Phone U03) 865-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: 1303) 832~810G &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> RECLAMATION
<br /> MINING•SAFETY
<br />April 17, 2001
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />Marie Stiles eovernur
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management Greg E. Walther
<br />Montrose District Office Ereculive Drtecmr
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue Michael B. Long
<br />Division Duecmr
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980.007)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 4 (RN-4)
<br />Dear Ms. Stiles:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118.
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 17, 2001, an application to renew an existing permit
<br />to conduct coal mining operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Ac[ and the Rules initiate
<br />from this date of filing.
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on
<br />land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, 15, l7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />13 South, Range 90 West of the bth P.M.; and portions or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 36, Township l3 South,
<br />Range 91 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 the renewal application is available for public inspection a[ [he Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 E
<br />Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Dir•ision office. For additional information, to provide written
<br />comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice
<br />in the Delta Cowlq~ Independent.
<br />Sir3c~~rely,~G`~~
<br />Jim R. B//umell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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