2009-08-20_REVISION - C1980007 (2)

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Public Notice Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR-119 to MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-80-007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993, (Effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, and February 13, 2007. The current five-year permit term expires February 13, 2012. The West Elk Mine five- year permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13S, R90W, 6' PM; and Sections 23-26, T13S, R91W, 6"' PM, and Sections 1-5, 8-12, T14S, R90W, 6' PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic. Maps. The current permit area, encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres. This Technical Revision enhances MCC's stormwater and water storage management by expanding existing pond MB-5 (to be called MB-5E) to replace existing sediment and water storage ponds MB-1 and MB-2. Pond MB-1 will be converted into freshwater storage pond FW-2 (per MCC's existing water storage rights) and the area of pond MB-2 will be converted to additional area for product coal storage. This technical revision will not result in any increase in coal production above currently permitted levels and would not result in any increase of disturbed area. Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) Office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorders Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revision application, or requests for a public hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners in regard to the proximity of the proposed project to the outside right-of-way of the highway (even though its on existing, active mine site property) will be protected, should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. If a public hearing is requested, it would be held at a location in the area of the proposed operations.