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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY ~I
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1317 Sherman 51., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ~
<br />Phone: 1303) 866-7567
<br />FAX: 13071 832~BI Oh
<br />DEPARTMENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />May 16, 1997 RESOUFZCE~
<br />Ms. Katie Pague Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />Colorado Natural Heritage Inventory lames S. lochhead
<br />Campus Box 315 Esecuiive Direcror
<br />Univeristy of Colorado Michael B. long
<br /> Division Director
<br />Boulder, CO 80309
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 80
<br />Update of Probable Hydrologic Consequences Text
<br />Dear Ms. Pague:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised S[a[utes, [hat on May 12, 1997, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted
<br />by Mountain Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided irl the Act and the Regulations
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36,
<br />Township 13 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.; and portions or alf of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, Township
<br />13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-nten[ioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County
<br />Courthouse, 200 E. Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information or to
<br />provide written comments, contact [he Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that
<br />comments be submitted within fifteen (I S) days of this letter. If no cominen[s are received by then, we will
<br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with or objections to the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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