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<br /> <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division has approved an application for a <br />revision (PR - 001) to the existing permit to conduct coal mining and <br />reclamation operations submitted by the Salt Creek Mining Company for the <br />McCiane Canyon Mine. <br />The McCiane Canyon Mine operation is located in in Garfield County, <br />approximately 20 miles from Loma, Colorado. The mine is an underground <br />operation with an anticipated maximum production capacity of 250,000 tons per <br />year. The coal to be mined is federally owned, and the surface to be affected <br />is federally owned. The revised permit area encompasses approximately 2,312.0 <br />acres in portions of Sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, and 28 of Township 7 South, <br />Range 102 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. <br />This proposed approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed <br />operation will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et sue., and the regulations <br />promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision including stipulations, are on file for public <br />inspection at the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, Room 215, <br />Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the <br />County Clerk's Office in Garfield County, 109 8th Street, Suite 200, Glenwood <br />Springs, CO. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the <br />proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such request must be made within <br />thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in <br />writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the <br />request and the objections to the proposed decision. <br />