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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />RECEIVED <br />MAY 0 g 2001 <br />Division of Minerals 8 Geology <br />MAY 1 2001 <br />CO-933 <br />3483 <br />C-22777 <br />Certified Mail -Return Receipt Requested <br />DECISION <br />Kerr Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 487 <br />Walden, CO 80480 <br />Rich A. Munson, Executive Vice President <br />Ken• Coal Company <br />2145 Resort Drive, Suite 204 <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br />Suspension of Operations and Production Expired <br />Extension of Suspension of Operations and Production Denied <br />New Dates Established for Readjustment and Continued Operation Year <br />On March 16, 2001, Kerr Coal Company applied for an extension of the suspension of <br />operations and production on coal lease C-22777, which we originally granted for 5 years <br />effective Apri124, 1996. Suspensions of operations and production are authorized by section <br />39 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (IvII.A), as amended, and the implementing regulations <br />at 43 CFR 3483.3. <br />On October 10, 1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved abandonment of the <br />local branch line railroad from Walden to the Colorado/Wyoming state line, effectively cutting <br />off the mine's market access. It was not economical to truck the coal to the railhead in <br />