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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman 51., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado BO?03
<br />Phone: 13031 966-35G%
<br />FAx: 1703) 83? 8106
<br />December 3. 1998
<br />Lawrence Kline
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733
<br />Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C-81-041)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 28
<br />Modification of Surface Water Monitoring Plan
<br />Dear Mr. Kline:
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<br />DPPARTMEIJT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />fames 5. Lochhead
<br />Executive DneOOr
<br />Michael B. Long
<br />Division Director
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph
<br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 3, 1998, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Roadside Portals was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Powderhom Coal
<br />Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This revision would eliminate the requirement for monitoring of peak Flow events on Jerry Creek and Coal Creek, a[
<br />monitoring points SWGS 6, 7, S and 9. Monthly monitoring of instantaneous flows from June through November would
<br />continue.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles north of Palisade. The permit azea is
<br />further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26,2 7, 28, 29, 34, and 35, TIOS, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Sections 6, 7, and 18,
<br />TI lS, R97W, 6th PM; Portions of Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14, TI1S, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Section 1, TIS,
<br />R2E, Ute PM; all in Mesa County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Cameo and Palisade.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Mesa County Courthouse, Box 20,000,
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81501, and at dte Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this
<br />letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or
<br />objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely, ~~
<br />Dan T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/JRC
<br />IOI.DTM
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