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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: (303) 832-8106 <br />May 27, 2010 <br />Kathleen G. Welt <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Minor Revision No. 365 (MR-365) <br />Update E Seam Mine Plan Map (Map 51) <br />Dear Ms. Welt: <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />We have received your minor revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in <br />Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application <br />has been considered complete for the purposes of filing as of May 27, 2010. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have <br />submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. As indicated in <br />your email today, the figures for affected area acres shown on the decision forms for PR-10 and PR-12 are <br />significantly larger than the land area which is located above the underground workings as it is shown on <br />the E-Seam mine plan map (Map 51) that currently is in the permit application and was submitted in MR- <br />365. DRMS is reviewing this difference in affected area acres, and the conformance of the affected area <br />acres to the definition of "affected area" in Rule 1.04(7). The Division will either issue a decision or <br />inform you of adequacy issues regarding the application on or before June 6, 2010. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />7ev-,t !C, <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />TAK/Ahd <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines