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:` <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve Technical Revision Application No. <br />8l (TR-8 L) for the West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007), submitted by Mountain Coal Company. <br />The West Elk Mine is an underground coal mine located in Gunnison County, approximately 9 miles east <br />of Paonia, Colorado. Coal interest is federal and private, and the surface affected is federal and private <br />land. The permit area encompasses approximately 7,840.0 acres. <br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all requirements <br />of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-IOI, et seq., C.R.S., and the <br />regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, and at the County Clerk's Office in Gunnison County, 200 E Virginia, Gunnison, CO <br />81230. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a <br />formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such request must <br />be made within ten (10) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and must state <br />with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the proposed decision. <br />