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<br />Public Notice CATION
<br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
<br />(MCC?, P.O. Box 591 Somerset,
<br />CO 81434,(970)929-5015, has
<br />filed a complete application for
<br />a Technical Revision (TR-111)to
<br />MCC's Mining and Reclamation
<br />Permit No. C-80.007 with the
<br />Colorado Mined Land Reclama-
<br />tion Act of 1979. The permit was
<br />originally Issued by the Board In
<br />July 1961, and subsequently re-
<br />newed in August 1986, January
<br />1993,(Effective August 1991),
<br />July 1996, July 2001, and Febru-
<br />ary 13, 2007.The current
<br />five-year permit term expires
<br />February 13, 2012. The West Elk
<br />Mine five-year pormit area con-
<br />tains lends in Sections 9.11,
<br />13-36, T 13 S, R90W, 6th PM;
<br />and Sections 23.26, T13 South,
<br />R91W,.6th PM, and'Sections 1.5,
<br />8.12, TUS, R90 W, 6th PM in
<br />Delta and Gunnison Counties.
<br />The location of the lands can be
<br />found on the USGS 7.5 minute
<br />Panel E 1 Methane Drainage
<br />Weiss on Federal Lease No.
<br />C-1362. The revision would al-
<br />low for 14 MOW pads and 1.52
<br />miles of associated US FS
<br />low-volume roads. This techni-
<br />cal revision will not result in any
<br />Increase in production above
<br />currently permitted levels. This
<br />technical revision would in-
<br />crease the surface disturbed
<br />area by approximately 10 acres
<br />in Sections 27, 28, 34, and 35,
<br />T13S, R90W, 6th PM. Copies of I
<br />the technical revision applica-
<br />tion are available for review at
<br />the Colorado Division of Recla-
<br />matfon, Mining and Safety
<br />rrnnusr nffi,.. refeeeta1
<br />and Recorders Office, 221 N.
<br />Wisconsin, Suite 0' Gunnison,
<br />CO 81230. Comments, objec-
<br />tions requests for Informal con-
<br />ference concerning the applicd-
<br />Lion for permit revision, or
<br />requests for a public hearing to
<br />determine whether the Interests
<br />of the public and affected land-
<br />owners (re:'proximity to public
<br />road right-of-way) should be di-
<br />rected to the CDRMS at the
<br />above address not later than 30
<br />days after the last date of publi-
<br />cation of this notice in.order to
<br />be considered. If a public.hear-
<br />ing is requested, Itt would be
<br />-held at a location in the area of
<br />the proposed operations.
<br />Published: October 24, 2007.
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />County of (Mesa)
<br />RECEIVED
<br />JUN 2 6 2008
<br />Divistu- - ,dciamation,
<br />Mining and Safety
<br />Terry Laubhan
<br />Being duly sworn, says that I am Legal Secretary of
<br />The Daily Sentinel, a daily newspaper, published and duly printed in
<br />The County of Mesa, State of Colorado; that said newspaper has a
<br />general circulation in said County and has been continuously and
<br />uninterruptedly published therein, during a period of at least
<br />fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication
<br />of the annexed notice; that said newspaper is a newspaper within the
<br />meaning of the act of the general Assembly of the State of Colorado,
<br />entitled "An Act to regulate the printing of legal notices and
<br />advertisements," and amendments thereto; that the notice of which
<br />the annexed is a printed copy taken from said newspaper, was published
<br />in said newspaper, and in the regular and entire issue of every number
<br />thereof once a week for 1 successive week.
<br />that said notice was so published in said newspaper proper and not in
<br />any supplement thereof, and that first publication of said notice as
<br />aforesaid, was on the 24th day of October . 2007,
<br />and the last, on the day of October. 2007.
<br />Copies of each number of said paper in which said notice and/or
<br />list was published were delivered by carriers or transmitted by
<br />mail to each of the subscribers of said newspaper, The Daily Sentinel,
<br />according to the accustomed mode of business in this office.
<br />YA,
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<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me, this day of CS/? 20 7
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