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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION 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 />April 8, 2005 <br />Gunnison County Commissioners <br />County Commissioner <br />200 E Virginia <br />Gunnison, CO 81230 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 11 (PR-11) <br />Application To Add 690 Acres As The West Flatiron Lease <br />Dear Gunnison County Commissioners: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.EC LANATION•NINING <br />SAFETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />This letter is to inform you that the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology is proposing to Approve a revision <br />application for a coal mining and reclamation permit. The application was submitted by Mountain Coal Company, <br />LLC on November 16, 2004, for the West Elk Mine. <br />Any person with an interest which may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal <br />hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice by <br />the Division in the Delta County Independent. <br />The underground mine is located approximately 9 miles East of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further <br />described as follows: <br />Portions of Section 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 12 South, Range 90 West; <br />Portions of Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West; <br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections <br />8, 9, 10, portions of Sections 11, 12, 17, and 18, Township 13 South, Range 90 West; <br />Portions of Sections 1-3, 11-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West; <br />Portions of Sections 6 & 7, Township 13 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Copies of the revision application are available for public review in the Division offices at the above address and at <br />the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder's Office. Copies of the Division's "Proposed Decision and Findings of <br />Compliance" are also available at those locations. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Si erely, <br />Jim R. Burnell <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JRB/Ahd <br />C-PR~~SO[pn~ 1RB_20050408_33329 PM Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />