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<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SI., Room 215 <br />Denver, ColoraAo 80203 <br />Phone: 13031 866 356 7 <br />FAx:13031832-8106 <br />July 7, 1994 <br />U.S. forest Service <br />Paonia Ranger District <br />P.O. Box 1030 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. <br />Technical Revision No. 70 <br />STATE OF <br />C-80-007) <br />(Water Tank Installation) <br />COLORADO <br />~~~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCE <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. LxhheaA <br />Eaecuu ve Director <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised <br />Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on <br />July 7, 1994, a technical revision application for a permit to conduct coal <br />mining operations by Mountain Coal Company, P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, <br />was deemed complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate <br />from this day of filing. <br />The applicant proposes to revise underground coal mining operations at the <br />West Elk Mine. The technical revision addresses the installation of a <br />1.2 million gallon water tank above the mine workings. <br />The West Elk Mine is located approximately one mile east of Somerset, <br />Colorado. The area affected by this revision is in Section 16, Township 13 <br />South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.M., and is shown on USGS 7.5 minute <br />Quadrangle map of Somerset. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspec- <br />tion at the Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 East Virginia Avenue, Gunnison, <br />Colorado 81230. Written comments may be submitted to and additional <br />information may be obtained from the Division of Minerals and Geology, <br />Room 215. 1313 Sherman Street. Denver. Colorado 80203. (303> 866-3567. <br />Sinr~"r~'ly, <br />Christine E. Johnst <br />Environmental Prot cti <br />CE.J/bjo-l <br />Specialist <br />9788G <br />