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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Departmem of Natural Resources <br />1317 Sherman St., Room 215 <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 II~ <br />Phone: 13031 866-3567 <br />FA%~ (3031 832 8106 <br /> DEPARTMEfJT OF <br /> NATURAL <br />June 24, 1996 RESOURCES <br />Mr. Chuck Roberts Roy Romer <br />Division of Water Resources envernor <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 lames S Lochhead <br />rxecwive Director <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 Michael B. Long <br /> Division Director <br />Re: Apex No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-81-011) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 08 <br />Revise Hydrologic Sampling and Legal Description <br />Dear Mr. Roberts: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, <br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 21, 1996, an application to revise coal <br />mining operations at 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 comment 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 Ik of the SW 1/a of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 93 <br />West of the 6th P.M., and is shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map 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 a[ 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 [o comply with regulatory time frames, we <br />request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) 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 />n~..~ <br />oseph J. dash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/bjw <br />~BrWTR08.011 <br />