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Doc Date:12N1/2001 <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Redammion and En(orcemenr <br />1997 Broadway, Suire 3320 <br />Denver. Colorado A0202~5733 <br />May 2, 1996 <br />F` <br />Mr. G. E. DiClaudio, President ~Y 03 ~c~96 <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />PO Box 591 Divrsi0n of Minelalo o G,:~~: <br />Somerset, CO 81434 3:. <br />Dear Mr. DiClaudio: <br />On April 26, 1996, the Department of the Interior, approved a new <br />mining plan for Federal lease COC-56447 and a mining plan <br />modification for Federal lease C-1362 at Mountain Coal Company's <br />West Elk Mine. The mining plan approval allows you to mine an <br />additional 36.4 million tons of Federal coal on 2068 acres of <br />Federal leases COC-56447 and C-1362. <br />I have enclosed a copy of the mining plan approval document for <br />these mining plan actions. Please read the terms and conditions <br />of the mining plan approval document carefully. <br />Approval of this new mining plan and modification supplements the <br />mining plans for Federal leases C-1362, C-0117192, COC-56447, and <br />D-044569 at your West Elk Mine. They were initially approved on <br />July 15, 1981. Since that approval there have been four (4) <br />mining plan modifications for those Federal leases which were <br />approved on August 15, 1985, September 27, 1985, November 21, <br />1987 and December 22, 1989. In addition, a new mining plan was <br />approved on December 21, 1994 for Federal lease COC-54558. <br />The April 26, 1996, approval of the mining plan actions will <br />increase the number of acres in the approved mining plan areas to <br />6616 acres. Mining and reclamation operations must be conducted <br />in accordance with both the Colorado State permit and the <br />approved mining plans. <br />If you have any questions, please contact Lawrence G. Kline or me <br />at (303) 672-5608. <br />Sincerely, <br />John Heider, Manage <br />State Program Support Team <br />Enclosure <br />cc: BLM MontY'OSe <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />OSM - Denver Field Division <br />