|
~_- ~\ i L- /~~~ /lam/~; l/~~ S~~
<br />i _ ~~ 1 i/
<br />DIVISION O( ~bIINERALS AND GEOLOG'1
<br />Department of Natural Resou¢es
<br />'i313.5imnnan St., Room 215
<br />.- ~•:.Demer,.Culorado 00203 _ ~ ~ - -
<br />~. Phdne 1303) Bbb 3567 -
<br />FAX (303) 032-07 C6 -: _ - ;_ ~'~ ~ ~ ~
<br />Y --- -- -.- ,,,; ~
<br />_ ..~_ c r -
<br />January 11, 2001 ~~",__~
<br />- Carl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733.
<br />I
<br />Re: Golden Eagle Mine (Permit No. C-1981-013)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 51 ('TR-51)
<br />Update Ownership & Control
<br />._.. ..._ _.......y,.. 4,
<br />- -r --Gill Owens ;tz~'?-"~'.__ _
<br />~`'-Greg E..Walcher,v~~~ ~'
<br />:,.;~-
<br />Michael 0. Long ~^'~`,~
<br />Division Director
<br />Deaz Mr. Johnston:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 8, 2001, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the Golden Eagle Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was - -
<br />submitted by Basin Resources, Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations --_-
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Thrs revision updates the ownership, financial, and compliance information for the new owner_of Basin Resources, _ . _
<br />Inc. Westmoreland Coal Company. The permittee of the Golden Eagle.mine will remain Basin Resources, Inc.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 20 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado.
<br />I The permit area is further described as follows: ~ _ I _ _
<br />1n all or portions of Sections 15-22, and Sections 27-34 of T33S, R67W; and Sections 3 and 4 of T34S, R67W
<br />The above-mentioned tracte of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Vigil.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
<br />At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally, required to place a copy of this application at
<br />the Las Animas Coun[y Courthouse, 200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division
<br />office. For additional. information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology,
<br />Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. Tn order for us to comply with
<br />regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen..(IS) days of this letter. If no
<br />comments are received by then, we will proceed on. the assumption that, you have; do concerns with, or objections
<br />to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />.. ,
<br />_...:
<br />Since 1 ,
<br />I y I .. .:
<br />d
<br />Kent A. Gorham
<br />1 Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />I GTR-03 C198101]_KAG 20010111 53030 PM I
<br />D I M S r0(N, .:O F
<br />,fit, i ICI E RA 1. S
<br />-- - - ~E-CL A`M-ATLON
<br />.r --_-r. =MI NIN GtSAFETY
<br />
|