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CHRONOLOGY <br />West Elk Mine <br />Federal Leases C-1362 and COC-56447 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />DATE EVENT <br />July 24, 2007* The State Historic Preservation Office was notified that no sites <br />were identified as potentially eligible for the National Register of <br />Historic Places and that the Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam Methane <br />Drainage Wells Project has no potential to effect cultural resources <br />provided its comments on the permit application. <br />August 2, 2007* The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided its final consultation <br />comments regarding threatened and endangered species associated <br />with the Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam Methane Drainage Wells <br />Project. <br />October 15, 2007 Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. submitted the permit application <br />package (PAP) under the approved Colorado State Program to the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />• (CO-DRMS) for a permit revision at the West Elk Mine. <br />October 30, 2007 The Bureau of Land Management provided its findings and <br />recommendations on the approval of the mining plan, with respect <br />to the Resource Recovery and Protection Plan. <br />November 8, 2007 The Federal land management agency, USDA Forest Service, <br />Forest Supervisor issued the Record of Decision for the E Seam <br />Methane Drainage Wells Project. <br />November 14, 2007 Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. published in the Delta <br />County Independent the fourth consecutive weekly notice of the <br />availability of an administratively complete permit application <br />package. During the review period no public comments were <br />received. <br />December 31, 2007 Earthjustice et. al. appealed the Record of Decision to the USDA <br />Deputy Regional Forester. <br />* These consultations were completed for the Deer Creek Shaft approved by Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety on July 24, 2007. The associated mining plan modification was approved by the Assistant <br />• Secretary Land and Minerals Management on October 31, 2007.