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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depdnmem of Nitural Resources
<br />111 }Sherman SL, Room ? 15
<br />Drover, Colorado 80203
<br />Phunc. 17031 866~356i
<br />FAX. I}OJ) 8J?8706
<br />December 9, 1998
<br />Marie Stiles
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Montrose District Office
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: West Elk Kline (Permit Yo. C-80-007)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 86
<br />As-built Information for Sylvester Gulch Facilities Area
<br />Dear Ms. Stiles:
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<br />Rny Romer
<br />Governor
<br />Amps 5. Lochhead
<br />Etecutne Director
<br />nnchael B. Long
<br />Division nvector
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section l 16,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 7, 1998, 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 />This revision updates the permit with as-built information for the Sylvester Gulch facilities area.
<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, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, and 36,
<br />Township L3 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P.Iv(.; and portions or all of Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, Township
<br />13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Courthouse.
<br />200 E Virginia, Gutnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Ivtinerals and Geology, Room 215. 1313 Sherman Street, Denver.
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory tune frames, we request that
<br />comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will
<br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Jim R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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