2010-11-10_REVISION - C1980004 ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/10/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• 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]
November 10, 2010
Scott Gerwe
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Grand Junction Field Office
2815 H Road
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Re: McClave Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Expansion of Surface Facilities and Mining Plan
Dear Mr. Gerwe:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
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 November 10, 2010, an
application to revise coal mining operations at the McClane Canyon Mine was considered complete for
the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
initiate from this date of filing.
McClane Canyon Mining, LLC has submitted Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) to provide for
expansion of surface facilities and the mining plan. McClane Canyon Mining proposes to increase
production to 500,000 clean tons per year and build a cleaning plan and associated facilities. The
proposed revision PR-2 would provide for new coal cleaning facilities, a new coal mine waste pile,
sediment pond and topsoil and construction material stockpiles south of the existing McClane Canyon
Mine facilities.
The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 19 miles north of Loma, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 3, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 34, T7S, R102W, 6th PM, all in Garfield
County.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Howard Canyon
and Garvey Canyon.
DRMS requests written verification regarding Federal mining leases and/or federal surface access
approval. McClane Canyon Mining has referenced the Federal mining leases and/or Federal Surface
access agreements Federal Coal Leases C-0125439 and C-0125515 in this application as a document
upon which they base their legal right to enter. Please verify that the leases and/or agreements have been
issued and that final BLM/federal agency lease/agreement approval has been granted. If the
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