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Public Notice <br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, <br />(970) 929 -5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR -125 <br />to MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C -80 -007 with the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the <br />Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 <br />(effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, and April 2007 (effective July 2006.) <br />The current five -year permit term expires July 31, 2011 and is in the process of <br />renewal. The West Elk Mine five -year permit area contains lands in Sections 9 -11, <br />13 -36, T13S, R90W, 6 PM; and Sections 23 -26, T13S, R91W, 6 PM, and <br />Sections 1 -5 , 8 -12, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The <br />location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and <br />Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area <br />encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres. <br />This Technical Revision is to revise the revegetation success criteria and standards <br />for the West Elk Mine based on the results of multi -year sampling and analysis of <br />the Historic Records study area at the mine and USFS and CDOW direction. This <br />technical revision will not result in any surface disturbing activities nor increase in <br />coal production above currently permitted levels. <br />Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial <br />Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) <br />866 -3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, <br />Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revision application <br />should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after <br />the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. <br />