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?q IL <br />C - / 17V ___6 / 2- N <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />New Elk Coal Company LLC, 122 West First St, Trinidad, CO 81082, the <br />operator of the New Elk Mine, Permit number C-81-012 is filing for a <br />technical revision to the New Elk Permit with the State of Colorado Divi- <br />sion of Reclamation Mining and Safety. Permit C-81-012 renewal was <br />approved by the Division on April 13 2009. For filing purposes this tech- <br />nical revision application was deemed complete by the Division on <br />August 27, 2010. <br />The New Elk Mine is located approximately 7 miles west of Weston <br />Colorado on State Hwy 12 within Sections 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, <br />27 and 28 TS33S, R68W. These sections can be located on the USGS <br />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 <br />Credit Bond and Cash Bond in the amount of $2,946,786. <br />The technical revision provides for the construction of surface facilities <br />and placement of equipment at the East Portal area within the surface <br />disturbance boundary of the permit on lands owned by New Elk Coal <br />Company, LLC. Facilities proposed include: slope conveyor drive, hoist, <br />hoist sheave, rock box addition to the breaker building, central pumping <br />station building, sewage plant building, 5-water pipe vaults, 1-400,000 <br />gallon water tanks, 1-25,000 gallon potable water tank, slope rail turn- <br />out, rock dust bin, rock dust compressor, rock dust pressure tank, emer- <br />gency escape hoist at East Portal exhaust shaft, water distribution pipe- <br />line, and upgrading of the mine electrical system. A small cut is required <br />for safe placement of the rock dust bin and supporting equipment. <br />The technical revision is on file for public inspection at the Las Animas <br />County Courthouse Office of County Recorder and with the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. Any written comments objections regarding this <br />technical permit revision application must be submitted to the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street Room 215 Denver Colo- <br />rado 80203 within 10 days of the date of the publication of this notice. <br />Date of Publication: Thursday, September 16, 2010