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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />New Elk Coal Company LLC, 122 West First St, Trinidad, CO 81082, the operator of the New <br />Elk Mine, Permit number C-81-012 is filing for a technical revision to the New Elk Permit with <br />the State of Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. Permit C-81-012 renewal <br />was approved by the Division on April 13 2009. For filing purposes this technical revision <br />application was deemed complete by the Division on Month Day, Year. <br />The New Elk Mine is located approximately 7 miles west of Weston Colorado on State Hwy 12 <br />within Sections 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 27 and 28 TS33S, R68W. These sections can be <br />located on the USGS 57 minute Vigil and Weston quadrangle maps. A total of 193.6 acres of <br />surface disturbance from mining related activity is covered by a Letter of Credit Bond and Cash <br />Bond in the amount of $2,946,786. <br />The technical revision provides for the construction of surface facilities and placement of <br />equipment at the East Portal area within the surface disturbance boundary of the permit on lands <br />owned by New Elk Coal Company, LLC. Facilities proposed include: slope conveyor drive, <br />hoist, hoist sheave, rock box addition to the breaker building, central pumping station building, <br />sewage plant building, 5-water pipe vaults, 1-400,000 gallon water tanks, 1-25,000 gallon <br />potable water tank, slope rail turnout, rock dust bin, rock dust compressor, rock dust pressure <br />tank, emergency escape hoist at East Portal exhaust shaft, water distribution pipeline, and <br />upgrading of the mine electrical system. A small cut is required for safe placement of the rock <br />dust bin and supporting equipment. <br />The technical revision is on file for public inspection at the Las Animas County Courthouse <br />Office of County Recorder and with the Division of Minerals and Geology. Any written <br />comments objections regarding this technical permit revision application must be submitted to <br />the Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street Room 215 Denver Colorado 80203 <br />within 10 days of the date of the publication of this notice. <br />Date of Publication: Month Day, Year