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• Doc Name: 1-3 pages of App Doc Federal Lease CO-0021
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Doc Date:12l11l2001 III IIIIII I IIIIII III
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Mining Plan Approval Document No. CO-0021
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
This mining plan approval document is issued by the United States
of America to:
West Elk Coal Company
P.O. Box 591
Somerset, Colorado 81434
for the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 mine mining plan modification for
Federal leases C-1362, C-0117192, and D-044569 subject to the
following conditions. West Elk Coal Company is hereinafter
referred to as the operator.
1. Statutes and Regulations.--This mining plan modification
approval is issued pursuant to Federal leases C-1362,
C-0117192, and D-044569; the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et se .); and in the case of acquired
lands, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947,
as amended (30 U.S.C. 351 et sea.). This mining plan
modification approval is subject to all applicable
regulations of the Secretary of the Interior which are now
• or hereafter in force; and all such regulations are made a
part hereof. The operator shall comply with the provisions
of the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1151 et se .),
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et se .), and other
applicable Federal laws.
This document approves the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 mine mining
plan modification for Federal leases C-1362, C-0117192, and
D-044569, and authorizes coal development or mining
operations on the Federal leases within the area of mining
plan modification approval. This authorization is not valid
beyond
Townshi~l3 South, Range 90 West. 6th P.M.;
Sec. 9: Lots 1, 2, and 3, that part of the SW1/45W1/4
south of the North Fork of the Gunnison River;
Sec. 15: W1/2W1/2SW1/4;
Sec. 16: All;
Sec. 19: E1/2;
Sec. 20: All;
Sec. 21: All;
Sec. 27: N1/2, N1/2S1/2, part of S1/2S1/2;
Sec. 28: part of the N1/2 and the SE1/4;
Sec. 29: part of the N1/2NE1/4 and the NW1/4;
Sec. 30: part of the NE 1/4 (Lots 5, 6, and 9):
Sec. 34: part of the NE1/4;
• as shown on the map appended hereto as Attachment A.