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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 Technical Revision (TR-113) to
<br />MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-80-007 with the Colorado Mined
<br />Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface
<br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the
<br />Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993,
<br />(Effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, and February 13, 2007. The current
<br />five-year permit term expires February 13, 2012. The West Elk Mine five-year
<br />permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13 S, R90W, 6th PM; and
<br />Sections 23-26, T13 South, R91W, 6th PM, and Sections 1-5, 8-12, T14 S, R90 W, 6th
<br />PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the
<br />USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps.
<br />The current permit area encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres.
<br />The Technical Revision is for drilling and installing one water monitoring well in
<br />the B Seam on private property located in Section 15, T13S, R90W, 6th PM. The
<br />disturbed area is calculated to be 0.2 acre. This revision will not result in any
<br />increase in production above currently permitted levels.
<br />Copies of the technical 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 technical revision, or requests for a public hearing
<br />to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners (re:
<br />proximity to public road right-of-way Highway 133) will be protected, should be
<br />directed to the CDRMS 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.
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