2010-09-10_REVISION - C1981012

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 9/10/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: Las Animas County Commissioners & County Planning Dept
• Type & Sequence: PR3
• Email Name: KAG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
D IV[ S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
September 10, 2010 Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Las Animas County Commissioners

County Commissioner Mike King
Executive Director
200 East First Street, Room 104
Trinidad, CO 81082 Loretta E. Pineda
Director
Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012)
Permit Revision Application No. 3 (PR-3)
Jansen Coal Loadout
Dear Las Animas County Commissioners:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 10, 2010, a permit revision application for a permit to
conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1981-012 by New Elk Coal Company, LLC, was considered complete for the
purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the
Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing.
The applicant proposes to construct and operate a coal loadout facility at the Jansen rail yard located on the west side of
Trinidad. This ten acre area has been previously disturbed. The applicant is not proposing any new disturbance. Operations
are proposed to occur at the loadout until the rail spur is re-established to the New Elk Mine site 25 miles to the west.
The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad, Colorado. The permit area is
further described as follows:
T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 24, 25 and 26. All sections are partially or fully projected by New Elk Coal Company due to
the unsurveyed nature of the Maxwell Land Grant. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute
Quadrangle maps of Vigil, Tercio, and Stonewall.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Trindad.
A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County Commissioners. For additional
information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days after the last public
notice in the The Chronicle - News.
Sincere ,
Kent . Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
KAG/Ahd
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