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<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes that an application to <br />renew a valid, existing permit to conduct coal mining and reclamation <br />operations submitted by the Somerset Mining Company for the Somerset Mine be <br />approved with conditions. <br />The Somerset Mine is located in Delta County, due north of the town of <br />Somerset, Colorado. The mine is a underground mine. The coal within the <br />permit area is both federally and privately owned. The surface to be affected <br />is federally and privately owned. The permit area encompasses approximately <br />2,778 acres in Sections 34, 35, 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West; Section <br />31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West; Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, Township 13 <br />South, Range 90 West; Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, Township 13 South, Range <br />91 West. <br />This proposed approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed <br />operation will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et seq., and the regulations <br />promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision including stipulations, are on file for public <br />inspection at the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the County Clerk's Office in <br />Delta County, 5th and Palmer, Delta, CO. Persons with an interest that may be <br />adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal hearing <br />before the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Such request must be made within <br />thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in <br />writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the <br />request and any objections to the proposed decision. <br />8517G <br />