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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-14) 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 13, 2007. 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, Dry Fork Federal Lease, encompasses approximately
<br />17,154.9 acres.
<br />The Permit Revision is for Drilling Panels E 2 through E 12 Methane Drainage
<br />Wells (MDWs) on Federal Lease No. C-1362 and COC-67232. The revision would
<br />allow for 131 MDW pads and 10.02 miles of associated USFS low-volume roads.
<br />This permit revision will not result in any increase in production above currently
<br />permitted levels. This permit revision would increase the surface disturbed area by
<br />0 approximately 80 acres in Sections 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, and 35, T13S, R90W, 6th PM,
<br />and Sections 1 through 5, 9 through 11 of T14S, R90W, 6th PM.
<br />Copies of the permit revision application are available for review at the Colorado
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) 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 D
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments, objections, requests for informal conference
<br />concerning the application for this permit revision, or requests for a public hearing to
<br />determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners (re: proximity
<br />to public road right-of-way) should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address
<br />not later than 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice (published 4 times
<br />consecutively) in order to be considered. If a public hearing is requested, it would be
<br />held at a location in the area of the proposed operations.
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