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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C Q L O RA D O
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: (303) 832106 G E O L O G Y
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<br />June 2, 2006 Bill Owens
<br /> Governor
<br />Gunnison County Commissioners Russell George
<br />County Commissioner E><ecu[ive Director
<br />200 E Virginia Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Gunnison
<br />CG g 1230 Division Director
<br />, Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 10 (PR-10)
<br />Application to Mine E-Seam South of Present Permit Area
<br />Dear Gunnison County Commissioners:
<br />This letter is to inform you that the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology is proposing to Approve with
<br />Conditions a revision application for a coal mining and reclamation permit. The application was submitted by
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC on April 2, 2004, for the West Elk Mine.
<br />Any person with an interest which may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal hearing
<br />before the Mined Land Reclamation Board within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice by the Division
<br />in the Delta County Independent.
<br />The underground mine is located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />All or portions of: Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2Q 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
<br />30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Township 13 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M., Sections 23, 24, 25
<br />and 26, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M, and Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11,
<br />Township 14 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M. The location of the above lands can be found on the
<br />USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Bowie and Somerset.
<br />Copies of the revision application are available for public review in the Division offices at the above address and at
<br />the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder. Copies of the Division's "Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance"
<br />are also available at those locations.
<br />If you have any questions, please contact me.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Tom Kaldenbach
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-PR-12 C198000] IRB 2006W02 41626 PM
<br />ice Gf Office of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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