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<br />Delta CoUinty
<br />,ndejpendent ~~~~~ED
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<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809 Division of Reclamati~,
<br />Delta, CO 81416 Mining and ~fety
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED
<br />I DECISION
<br />TheColorac~oDivisiondfReclamation,
<br />STATE OF COLORADO Mining and Safety proposes to
<br />Approve with conditions 'Permit
<br />i Revision Application No. 12, submit-
<br />~ ted. by Mountain Coai Company for
<br />` a coal' mining permit at the West
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA ss.
<br />Elk Mine (Permit No; C-1980-007).,
<br />The operator proposes to expand the
<br />~ affected area and the permit area by
<br />,.. approximatety 1,517 acres. This land
<br />,' and coal are federally-owned and
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher ,are tocated in Gunnison County in
<br />of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly news- :.parts of sections 35 and 3s, T13s,
<br />R90W, and in parts of Sections 1,
<br />paper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County 2,11, aqd 12, T1as, R90W. No new
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in ;disturbance on the land surace is
<br />said Coun of Delta fora eriod of more than fif two consecu- proposed. `
<br />ty P ~- The West Elk Mine is located in
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice .Gunnison county, approximatey
<br />or advertisement; that said news a er has been admitted to the 9 miles east of Paonia,.Colorado.
<br />p P The underground operation has an
<br />United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions ~ anticipated Maximum .production .
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that capacity of 8.5 million tbris per year.
<br />Coal interest, is Federal and private,
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish- and the surace to be `affected is
<br />lri le al notices and advertisements within the meanin Of the IaWS " Federal and private land. The permit
<br />g g g ;area encompasses approximately
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or two con- 1a,154so sores. .
<br />secutive insertions; that the fir<.~t ublication of said notice was in 'This proposed. decision is based on
<br />P a finding that the proposed operetion
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated March 26th, A.D., 2008, will comply with all requirements of
<br />and that the last ublication of said notice was in the issue of the Colorado surface Coal Mining
<br />P Reclamation Act, Section 3a-33-101,
<br />said newspaper dated April 2nd, A.D., 2008. er seq.; c.R:s., and the regulations.
<br />.promulgated thereunder.
<br />Copies' of the proposed 'decision, .
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this inch,ding any stipulations,. are on
<br />2nd da of March, A.D., 2008. file -for public inspection et'Ihe
<br />)' Colprado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and 'Safety, Room 215,
<br />Centennial Building, 1343 Sherman
<br />Street, 'Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />and at the Gunnison County Clerk
<br />and Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin,
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230. Persdns with
<br />~~ O /) ~ an imtQrest that may be adversely
<br />'~`r(/J+J~~/ affected by the proposed decision
<br />may request a formal hearing before `
<br />the Mined land'Reclamation Board
<br />General manager ' or the proposed decision. Such
<br />Of Sald request must be made within thirty
<br />(30) days df the initial publication of
<br />Delta County Independent. this notice, must be in writing, and,
<br />must state with reasonable specificity
<br />t the reasons for the request and the
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary ~ bbjectfons to the proposed decision.
<br />PUb11C In and for the Count of Delta, ,Published in, the Delta County
<br />y Independent Maroh 26 and April 2,
<br />State of Coloratdo, this 26th day of March, A.D., 2ooa:. , -
<br />2008.
<br />Notary Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
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