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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 />August 18, 2008 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 />September 10, 2008 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 />October 9, 2008 The USDA Forest Service provided its formal concurrence with <br />the approval of the mining plan with respect to the management of <br />Federally-owned lands under its control. <br />• October 9, 2008 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 />October 10, 2008 CO-DRMS issues its Proposed Decision for Permit Revision <br />No. 14. <br />October 15, 2008 Mountain Coal Company L.L.C. published in the Delta County <br />Independent the notice of CO-DRMS' proposed decision. <br />November 7, 2008 The State Historic Preservation Office notified CO-DRMS that <br />previously submitted inventories determined that no sites were <br />identified as potentially eligible for the National Register of <br />Historic Places. <br />November 14, 2008 CO-DRMS Proposed Decision Permit Revision No. 14 became <br />final. <br />December 1, 2008 OSM's Western Region recommended to the Director, OSM, that <br />the mining plan action be approved. <br />0