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• 2.03 Application for Permit for Surface Coal <br />Mining and Reclamation Operations: <br />Minimum Requirements for Legal, Financial, <br />Compliance, and Related Information <br />2.03.1 Objective <br />This section provides OMLR with information regazding surface ownership, coal ownership, and <br />compliance history at the West Elk Mine. The status of Mountain Coal Company for continued <br />coal mining operations at the West Elk Mine is also presented. <br />2.03.2 Responsibilities <br />This application is provided by Mountain Coal Company to OMLR for their evaluation for <br />continued underground mine operations at the West Elk Mine. <br />2.03.3 Format and Supplement Information <br />• The information presented in this application contains the most current data available. All tests, <br />analyses, and text have been prepared by qualified individuals. <br />Technical Data Collection -Apache Rocks Permit Revision (PR06) <br />Data collected by the following individuals and organizations was obtained through the use of <br />standard accepted scientific methodologies within the field of investigation. Data was <br />collected from September 1994 through May 1995 for the Apache Rocks Permit Revision. <br />Data was obtained through Field collection methods and literature searches. <br />In the case of vegetation, soil, and surface hydrologic feature mapping, aerial photographs were <br />evaluated for the desired features, communities or associations. Field verification was undertaken <br />through pedestrian surveys and first hand observation. Where technical reports were generated, the <br />agency is specifically directed to the report for a thorough discussion of methodologies. <br />Land Use, Site Description, Climatologcal. Soils, Ve¢etation. Fish and Wildlife, Prime <br />Farmland <br />Mr. Michael S. Savage, M.S.,Vice-President <br />Ms. Edith A. Savage, President <br />Savage and Savage, Inc. <br />464 West Sumac Court <br />• Louisville. CO 80027 <br />2.03-1 RevisedJw. /995 PR06, Revised NOV. /996 PR07 <br />