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• CHRONOLOGY <br />West Elk Mine <br />Federal Lease C-1362 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />• <br />DATE EVENT <br />April 1, 2004 Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. submitted the permit application <br />package (PAP) under the approved Colorado State Program to the <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CO-DMG) for a <br />permit revision at the West Elk Mine. <br />April 22, 2004 The State Historic Preservation Office provided its comments on <br />the mining plan. <br />April 26, 2004 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement <br />(OSM) received the PAP. <br />May I I, 2004 MCC published in the Delta County Independent the fourth <br />consecutive weekly notice that its complete PAP was filed with <br />DMG. <br />June 9, 2005 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided its final consultation <br />comments on the mining plan <br />May 5, 2006 The Federal land management agency, U. S. Forest Service, <br />provided its final concurrence with the approval of the mining plan <br />with respect to the management of Federally owned surface lands <br />under their control. <br />May 18, 2006 The Bureau of Land Management provided its findings and <br />recommendations on the approval of the mining plan, with respect <br />to the Resource Recovery and Protection Plan. <br />June 2, 2006 CO-DMG approved the PAP. <br />June 16, 2006 OSM's Western Regional Coordinating Center recommended to the <br />Director, OSM, that the mining plan action be approved. <br />• <br />