2007-02-13_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007

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April 30, 1999. All concerns were adequately addressed by Mountain Coal Company. A final AVS (Applicant Violator System) check was completed on January 29, 2000. Mountain Coal Company responses and all comments received from other agencies aze available for review at the Division office. The proposed decision to approve the revision was issued on January 19, 2000. Permit Revision No. 9, for coal handling facilities and E-seam access in Sylvester Gulch, was first received by the Division on September 14, 1999, and called complete on September 24, 1999. The first adequacy letter was sent to the Operator on November 23, 1999. Mountain Coal Company withdrew the application for Permit Revision No. 9 on August 29, 2002. Mountain Coal Co. submitted a permit renewal application (for renewal #4) on January 31, 2001, and it was received by the Division on February 2, 2001. The application was found incomplete on February 4, 2001, and was called complete on April 12, 2001. An adequacy review was conducted but no comments were submitted to the applicant because issues had been resolved by an extensive midterm review, the revisions from which had just been completed in 2000. The proposed decision to approve the revision was issued on July 31, 2001. The application for Permit Revision No. 11, the addition of 690 acres of the West Flatiron lease, was received November 16, 2004, and found complete on November 23, 2004. An initial adequacy letter was sent by the Division on January 6, 2005, and responses were received from MCC on February 18, 2005. A second set of adequacy comments was sent by the Division on Mazch 1, 2005, and responses were received on March 18, 2005. These responses were determined to satisfy the Division. No public comments were received. A letter was received by the Bureau of Land Management on Mazch 8, 2005, stating that MCC's plan was adequate to meet all current Federal regulations regazding R2P2 and MER. The U.S. Forest Service sent a letter of concurrence with an approval decision on Mazch 17, 2005. Letters were received from the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer on 1 December 2004, and from the State Engineer's Office on December 3, 2004, indicating there were no comments or objections. The proposed decision to approve Permit Revision l lwas issued on Apri18, 2005. The application for Permit Revision No.10, the addition to the permit area of E-seam longwall panels 1 through 9 and associated development entries in the South-of-Divide azea, was received by the Division on April 2, 2004, and was called complete on Apri18, 2004. (Mining of the E seam in panels 10, 11, and 12 was approved in a previous revision. Tables 1 and 2, below, summarize the chronology of adequacy letters and responses between the Division and MCC, and the chronology of comments received by the Division and their resolution. 23