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Public Notice <br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (MCC), West Elk Mine, P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO <br />81434, (970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision Number <br />100, to Mining and Reclamation Permit Number C-80-007 with the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board (Board) under the provisions bf the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The Technical Revision is to construct four drill pads <br />and drill four Methane Drainage Wells (MDWs) for the E-Seam South Mains <br />Development Entries. One MDW will be installed on each of the constructed pads: The <br />project is located in Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6`h PM in a portion of Section <br />28. The pad construction will disturb approximately 1 acre for each pad; total disturbance <br />will be about 4 acres on lands managed by the USFS. <br />The current permit was originally issued by the Boazd in July 1981, reissued August <br />1986, January 1993 (Effective August 1991), July 1996, and renewed July 31, 2001. The <br />current five-year permit term expires July 31, 2006. The West Elk Mine permit area <br />contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-30, and 34-36, Township 13 South, Range 90 West, <br />6`" PM; and Sections 23-26, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6`" PM in Delta and <br />Gmmison Counties and encompasses approximately 9,696.3 acres. The azea is found on <br />the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset Quadrangle Topographic Map. A proposed increase in <br />disturbed area of approximately 4 acres will occur as a result of this Technical Revision. <br />A copy of the Technical Revision application is available for review at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) Office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567; and the Gunnison <br />County Planning Department, 200 E. Virginia, Gunnison CO 81230. Written comments <br />or objections on the application must be submitted to the CDMG. <br />