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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIYISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 8663567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />August 16, 2005
<br />Rob Ernst
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Little Snake Field Office
<br />455 Emerson
<br />Craig, CO 81625
<br />Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1980-001)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 44 (TR-44)
<br />Change The Permit Boundary
<br />Dear Mr. Ernst:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MIN SRALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />UFETY•Ep ENCE
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive Diector
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I I6, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August I6, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Edna Strip
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining
<br />Co.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The revision revises the permit boundary. The area of the permit is reduced by withdrawing some 171.2 acres of unaffected
<br />private land about the perimeter of the permitted area.
<br />The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northwest of Oak Creek, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />TSN, R85 W, Portions of Sections 31, 32
<br />TSN, R86 W, Portions of Section 36
<br />T4N, R86 W, Portions of Sections l2, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25
<br />T4N, R85 W, Portions of Sections 7, 8, l7, 18, 19, 29, 30
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Cow Creek, Oak Creek, and
<br />Rattlesnake, Colorado.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Routt County Clerk and
<br />Recorder, P.O. Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to
<br />provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />ByronG Walker
<br />Environmental Projection Specialist
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<br />Office of Office of Colorado
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