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West Elk Mine
<br />Public Notice
<br />Mountain Coal Company; L.L.C. (MCC), P.O. Box 591 Somerset, CO 81434, (970)
<br />929-5015, has filed a complete application for a Permit Revision (PR-12) to MCC's
<br />Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-80-007 with the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal
<br />Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in
<br />July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993, (Effective
<br />August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, and February 139 2009. The current five-year
<br />permit term expires February 13, 2012. The West Elk Mine five-year permit area
<br />contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13 S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23-26,
<br />T13 South, R91W, 6th PM, and Sections 1-5 , 8-12, T14 S, R90 W, 6th pM in Delta
<br />and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5
<br />minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current
<br />permit area, including PR12 encompasses approximately 15,639 acres.
<br />The Permit Revision is for underground) mining of the IE Seam in a new Federal
<br />Lease No. CO C-67232, the Dry Fork Lease. The IE Seam would) be accessed) from,
<br />and would utilize MCC's existing surface facilities. No surface facilities or related
<br />surface disturbance is presently proposed in conjunction with this permit revision
<br />and will not result in any increase in production above currently permitted levels.
<br />With this permit revision application, the permit area will be expanded to include
<br />lands in Sections 1-5, and 8-11, T14S, R90W, 6th PM, encompassing approximately
<br />1,767.13 acres. The increase in area will expand MCC's total Permit Area to
<br />approximately 15,637 acres. Underground mining and related surface activities
<br />could occur within the permit area, subject to applicable permit review, notice,
<br />comment, and approval requirements. The proposed permit revision area includes
<br />portions of Forest Road 711 (Dry Creek Road) and the Deep Creek Tran-basin
<br />Diversion Ditch.
<br />Copies of the permit revision application are available for review at the (Colorado
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (ECl<DRMS) Office, Centennial Building,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and
<br />the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorders Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite 1(D
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230. A courtesy copy is available for review at the Paonia Public
<br />Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado, 81428, phone (970) 527-3470.
<br />Comments, objections, requests for informal conference concerning the application for
<br />permit revision, or requests for a public hearing to determine whether the interests of
<br />the public and affected landowners (re: proximity to public road right-of-way) should
<br />be directed to the CDMG at the above address not later than 30 days after the last date
<br />of publication of this notice in order to be considered. If a public hearing is requested,
<br />it would be held at a location in the area of the proposed operations.
<br />Figure 2, Public Notice
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