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Pubic Notice -Newspaper Advertisement
<br />CAM-Colorado, LLC, P.O. Box 1169 Pikeville, KY, 41502-1169, has submitted a complete
<br />application for a permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado to the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety for its proposed Red Cliff Mine. The proposed operation will mine and ship
<br />up to eight million clean tons of coal per year. Most of the coal will be sent through a coal
<br />preparation plant to remove rock and low quality coal from the clean coal stream. A coal mine
<br />waste disposal area will be constructed to permanently store the rock and low quality coal.
<br />Clean coal will be transported from the mine by a proposed rail spur that is not regulated by the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
<br />The mine facilities are located east of State Highway 139 near mile marker 12. The
<br />Government Highline Canal is located south of the mine facilities. The proposed mine permit
<br />area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Highline Lake, Garvey Canyon and
<br />Howard Canyon Quadrangle maps within the following sections.
<br />Township 7 South, Range 102 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Section 27: All
<br />Section 28: All
<br />Section 33: All
<br />Section 34: All
<br />Township 8 South, Range 102 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Section 2: All
<br />Section 3: All
<br />Section 4: Lots 5-20 incl., 18, 19, 20, N/2
<br />Section 9: Lot 3, 6, E/2NW/4, E/2SW/4, NE/4, SE/4
<br />Section 10: W/2
<br />Section 15: N/2N/2NW/4
<br />Section 16: Lot 1, 2, 3, 4, E/2NW/4, N/2NE/4
<br />Section 19: SW/4 of Lot 13
<br />A 430-foot wide strip of land, approximately 9,100 feet long lying in portions of
<br />Sections 17, 18 & 19 for a haul road.
<br />Containing 6,300 acres more or less
<br />The proposed Red Cliff Mine permit boundary contains 6,300 acres of land that is all located on
<br />Federal surface. The minerals within the proposed permit area are all owned by the Federal
<br />Government.
<br />A copy of the permit application is available for public inspection at the Mesa County Clerk and
<br />Recorder's office, 544 Rood Ave., Grand Junction, CO. A copy of the permit application
<br />document, is available at the Denver and Grand Junction offices of the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety [Room 215, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3567; and 101
<br />South 3~d, Suite 301, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (970) 242-5025] Written comments, objections
<br />or a request for an informal conference on the proposed permit may be submitted to the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Denver or Grand Junction offices, and must be
<br />received by the Division within 30 days after final publication of this notice. Phone inquiries
<br />should be directed to the Grand Junction office.
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