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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman 8t., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I v I s I o N o f
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> RECLAMATION
<br /> MINING•SAFETY
<br />February 26, 2002
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />Allan Belt governor
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management Greg E. Walther
<br />Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area Executive Director
<br />2505 South Townsend Michael B. Long
<br /> Division Director
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 96 (TR-96)
<br />Project Plan for Methane Drainage Wells for Longwall Panels 16,17,178 and 18-24
<br />Dear Mr. Bel[:
<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 Statutes, that on February 25, 2002, 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, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The revision comprises the plan for accessing and drilling methane drainage wells for panels 16,17,175 and 18
<br />Thru 24, with supporting.
<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, ]9, 2Q 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36, Township
<br />13 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M.; and portions or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
<br />At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
<br />the Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 E Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For
<br />additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time
<br />frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received
<br />by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's
<br />proposal.
<br />i cerely ~~
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<br />Jim R'~ Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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