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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: 03) 83 8108 <br />Decemzber , 2007 <br />Mesa County Commissioners <br />County Commissioner <br />P.O. Box 20,000 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Proposed Decision <br />Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5) <br />Munger Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-020) <br />Dear Mesa County Commissioners: <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />This letter is to inform you that the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety is proposing to Approve <br />with conditions a renewal application for a coal mining and reclamation permit. The application was submitted by <br />CAM Mining, LLC on May 2, 2007, for the Munger Canyon Mine. The mine is inactive and largely reclaimed; <br />activities under the renewal permit will be limited to reclamation, monitoring, and maintenance. No <br />further coal extraction, waste disposal or other mining activity is proposed or approved. <br />Any person with an interest which may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal <br />hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board within 30 days of the first publication of this notice by the <br />Division in the The Daily Sentinel. <br />The underground mine is located approximately 18 miles North of Loma, Colorado, in Garfield County. A <br />reclaimed rail loadout located % mile east of Loma, in Mesa County, is included in the permit. The permit area is <br />further described as follows: <br />Mine site: Portions of Sections 27, 28, and 29, US, R102W, 6th P.M., all in Garfield County. <br />Rail Loadout: Portions of Section 34, T2N, R3 W, Ute PM, in Mesa County. <br />Portions of Section 3, TIN, R3W, Ute PM, in Mesa County. <br />Copies of the renewal application are available for public review in the Division offices at the above address, as <br />well as the Division's Grand Junction Office (101 South 3rd, Suite 301, Grand Junction, CO 81501), and at the <br />Mesa County Clerk and Recorder. A Copy of the Division's "Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance" is <br />also available at those locations. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me in Grand Junction, at (970) 242-5025. <br />Sinc ely, <br />aniel T. Mathews <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />DTM/Ahd <br />M: \OSS\ahd\temp\C-RN-12_C I981020_DTM_ I2182007014557.doe <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction • Durango Office Active and Inactive Mines