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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room ? 15 y <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 Il <br />~~ <br /> <br />Phone: (1071 866-3 56 7 I <br />FAX: (7071 83 2-81 06 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF <br /> NATURAI. <br />June 24, 1996 RESOURCES <br />Mr. John Husband Roy Romer <br /> Governor <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br /> lames 5. Lochhead <br />Little Snake Resource Area txecmive nveuor <br />1280 Industrial Avenue Michael B. Long <br />Craig, Colorado 81625 Dnuion Dneaor <br />Re: Apex No. 2 Mine (Pert»it No. C-81-011) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 08 <br />Revise Hydrologic Sampling and Legal Description <br />Dear Mr. Husband: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, <br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of [he Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 21, 1996, an application to revise coal <br />mining operations a[ the Apex No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision <br />was submitted by Sunland Mining Corporation. All review and continent periods as provided in the Act and <br />the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />The revision addresses a more precise legal description of the permit boundary and the elimination of the <br />sampling requirement for the upstream alluvial well. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately five miles west of Oak Creek, <br />Colorado. The permit area is located in the SW'b of the SW'ti of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 93 <br />West of the 6th P.M.. and is shown on USGS 7.5 minute Ouadranele mao of Rattlesnake Butte. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Courthouse, <br />522 Lincoln Street, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information <br />or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we <br />request that continents be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, <br />we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with or objections to the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />D..~-~ <br />seph J. Du~ash <br />Envirorunental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/bjw <br />~erw~'rxoe.al I <br />