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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />DeUarlmenr o1 Natural Resources
<br />1 31 7 Sherman 51., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80207
<br />Phonu' 003) 866-7567
<br />FAx: (3071 tl32-8106
<br />March 11, 1998
<br />Gunnison County Planning Department
<br />Planning Director
<br />200 E Virginia
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 8
<br />Box Canyon Permit Revision
<br />Dear Gunnison County Planning Department:
<br />II~
<br />DEPARTMENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romc•r
<br />Governor
<br />tames 5 Lochhead
<br />Execwwe Dveuor
<br />Michael B. Lang
<br />Drvisbn Dueaor
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 1, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 11, 1998, a permit revision application For a permit
<br />to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-80-007 by Mountain Coal Company (MCC), was considered
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal
<br />Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
<br />Mining initiate from this date of filing.
<br />With this permit revision, MCC proposes to add approximately 1,743 acres to their permit area. The revision
<br />proposes to add the remainder of the Box Canyon Federal coal lease (COC-56447) area to MCC's current permit area.
<br />No surface facilities are proposed with this revision. MCC only proposes to incorporate additional mining area.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 9 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area
<br />is further described as follows:
<br />Portions or all of Sections 9, 10, 15, l7, I8, 19, 20, 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 maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder's
<br />Office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology, RDOm 21~, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver. Colorado 80203. (303) 866-3567,
<br />within thirty days after the last public notice in the Deltn County /rldependent.
<br />Sincerely.
<br />[vtichael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />MPB/JRC SIAOSSURQTExINCPRW(]0) ?IPR
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