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<br />-5 - <br />Summary <br />The Review Process <br /> <br />Wyoming Fuel Company is applying for a revision to their mining and <br />reclamation permit under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act for <br />the New Elk Mine. fie mine is located in Las Animas County, Colorado <br />approximately 33 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado along State Highway 12 in <br />Sections 22 and 23, T33S, R68W. <br />The New Elk Mine, which was previously known as the Allen Mine, has been in <br />existence since 1951 and was operated under an interim permit issued by the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (the Division) on January 25, 1978 <br />pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Rec]amation Act. CF&I Steel Corporation, <br />the previous owners, submitted an application for a new permit on February 4, <br />1981, pursuant to Section 34-33-109 of the Colorado Surface Coai Mining <br />Reclamation Act. That application was reviewed by the Division and a Proposed <br />Decision was issued on December 19, 1983. Permit rights were transferred from <br />CFB,I Steel Corporation to Wyoming Fuel Company on January 31, 1984. Therefore <br />when the permit issued on January 25, 1984 it was issued to Wyoming Fuel <br />Company. Details of the review process and the permanent program permit as it <br />was issued on January 25, 1984 can be found in the permit application and <br />Findings of Compliance on file at the Division offices . <br />Wyoming Fuel Company (WFC) desired to modify the permit as issued, through the <br />addition of a coal preparation plant, a new refuse disposal area, and <br />associated facilities such as a sediment pond, coal stockpiles, conveyors, and <br />a rail car dump. In order to make room for these added facilities the <br />Purgatiore river channel must be moved to the north a short distance. <br />An application for a permit revision for the above facilities and <br />modifications was submitted to the Division on February 23, 1984, The <br />application was reviewed and found to be complete on March 8, 1984. <br />Additional information was submitted by WFC as a result of adequacy issues <br />identified during the completeness review. This information was submitted on <br />April 17, 1984 and April 25, 1984. <br />The application was reviewed and an adequacy letter was sent out on May 7, <br />1984. Additional responses were received on May 8, 1984 and May 21, 1984. <br />Ail responses and information have been reviewed by the Division for <br />compliance. <br />