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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Oepartmenl o(Nalural Resources
<br />Ill }Sherman 51.. Room 215
<br />Denver. Colorario 80203
<br />Phone: 110}I 866}567
<br />FAx. 13031 832-8106
<br />March I I, 1998
<br />Lawrence Kline
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733
<br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-80-007)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. S
<br />Box Canyon Permit Revision
<br />Dear Mr. Kline:
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Roy Romer
<br />Governor
<br />lames 5. Lochhead
<br />E+ermive D~reaor
<br />mRhael B Lung
<br />Division Duecior
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 l8,
<br />Paragraph I, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March l 1, 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 this 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 />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, Township
<br />l3 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, to provide written comments.
<br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delra
<br />Counn~ Independent.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />M.~r~.P P ~~,,..~~
<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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