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,, . <br />~. :~ . <br />set ~ t o`.. ~~ r~~~Y-,.; ~: ~. <br />.. <br />mining <br />The Las Animas County <br />Planting Commission wilk review <br />arequestfromaI7endcr sedfirm <br />"calling on the commi sion to <br />recommend approval of a land-use <br />permit allowing for strip-mining <br />acliviUCS neaz Englevihe, <br />The commission w i review the <br />request at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. <br />26 at the county planning office, <br />according to County Planner Mill <br />Ossoia. <br />Rimrock Coal Ca. of Denver, <br />according tv TREND, Inc. offico <br />manager Jean Corley, has been <br />granted astrip-mining permit by <br />thcGoiorado Bureau of Mines. The <br />firm~iB~e said, intends to engage in <br />strip•giipjiiggn a 3¢Q•acre spread a[ <br />art a' year u me <br />Gerald blNt a.- owns <br />~, <br />~~rr~es# <br />activity will prove harmful to the <br />cnvuonment o[Aia area, <br />Corley said7t@8ND of[iciais tear <br />such an activity not only might <br />prove harmful ro tht: environment <br />of the area, but might Icavc <br />unsightly scars.that might have a <br />dire affect on local tourism <br />promotion. <br />i\lontoya ,Jong has opposed <br />projected strip-mining activities in <br />the Englevi)le arcs, waging what he <br />has termed as "a Dire-man war to <br />prevent defacing of land otJ or near <br />to Fisher's Peak." He is expected to <br />speazhead opposition to the request <br />at Wednesday's meeting. <br />The planning commission, <br />however, does not grant or reject <br />~termi[s. It only .passe,¢..op ; a <br />~e~gmmendation to `thd~ounty <br />commissioners. The <br />cotniti~sibneis, prior to itSaking a <br />41eGisioh, trtigitik vaN fat etie ®riNore <br />public hearings relative io Spch a <br />mttfter,Corleysaid. ' <br />~,.. •,. . <br />Strqq ~e topic 5 <br />of Vitednesday meet " <br />TRINIAAD - The .Las <br />Animas. Coutt[y.•PJanning Com• <br />tniss+ioaw[g hold a; 5peciat meeting <br />at 7 p.[n. Wednesday to reevalu- <br />ate asrappGoatltip,ltY WiNaim Aa• <br />vis to operate.;m trip mine in the <br />Engleyille area: <br />The application, approved by <br />the State Mined Land Reclama- <br />tion Office, must also be approved <br />by the Planning Commisston ahd <br />the Las Animas County Commis- <br />sioners. <br />The Planning Commission de• <br />layed action on the permit at its <br />Sept. 26 meeting. Wednesday's <br />meeting will be held in the County <br />Pktanning,Offtce, Roam f04 at the <br /> <br />