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:~ , iii iuiiiiiiiiu iii ~ SHARP AND BLACK, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LA W r. o ~~x AE 101 LINCbLN AVENUE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. COLORADO 80477 THOMAS R. SHARP JOHN L C BUCK MARY )ANE SIMMONS May 13 , 1981 WILLIAM 5. SCHURMAN RICHARD T. GSSON Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division Room 423, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Attention: Pete Evans Gentlemen: RE : Edna P1ine RECEIVED N1~Y 1 4 1931 MIIJCU iA'JD RCCLAMATIO)J ~ COAL' COLO. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESUJBCES TELEPHONE 00J1 B7i.l STt Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co., a subsidiary of Gulf Oil File ;kC-001-80 This firm represents Robert and Ann McKune, the owners in fee of ranch property immediately adjacent to the approx- imately 346 acres into which the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. ("P & M") is seeking to expand its strip-mining operations. The McKunes are also the holders of BLM grazing lease ~~05017012 (copy attached), which encompasses public lands within the area which P & M is asking to have permitted. The leased lands are an integral part of the McKunes' live- stock operations. Because we were only recently retained to look into this matter on behalf of the PicKunes, we have not had sufficient time to examine the materials filed in support of P & M's application in any detail. However, we do want at this point to register the following objections to that application: It is our understanding that notice of the filing of the application (copy enclosed) was published in the Steamboat Pilot only once, rather than once a week or our consecutive weeks as required by applicable regulations. The notice does not appear to contain the detailed locating and descriptive information required by applicable regulations, with the result that local residents would be hard-put to readily identify the proposed permit area with any precision.