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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanmenl of Natural Resources
<br />111 3 Sherman St., Room 215 yk
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<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 Il
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<br />Phone: 0031 8h6-3551 II
<br />FAx: OUII 832-8106
<br /> DEPARTMENT OF
<br /> NATURAL
<br />March I I, 1998 RESOURCES
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management Roy Romer
<br /> Governor
<br />Montrose District Office
<br /> lames 5 Lochhead
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue t~eeulrve Dfrean.
<br />Montrose. CO 81401 mlcnae-~ a Long
<br /> Dinsiun Dueclor
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 8
<br />Box Canyon Permit Revision
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I l8,
<br />Paragraph 1, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 11, 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 by
<br />Mountain Coal Company (MCC). All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />With [his 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 [his revision. MCC only proposes to incorporate additional mining 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 />Pottions or all of Sections 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, l9, 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 Courthouse, 200 E
<br />Virginia, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information, [o provide written comment,,
<br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 13]3 Sherman
<br />Street, Denver. Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta
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<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />MPB/JRC
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