2011-10-27_REVISION - C1981012 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/27/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Las Animas County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: TR61
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
October 27, 2011
Las Animas County Commissioners
County Commissioner
200 East First Street, Room 104
Trinidad, CO 81082
Dear Sir or Madam
Office of
Mined I and Rerlamatinn
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
— &—
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -012)
Technical Revision Application No. 61 (TR -61)
The Operator Proposes an Expansion to the Existing Approved Bathhouse and the Addition of a 1.8
Acre Small Area Exemption for Material Storage
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 27, 2011 an application to revise coal
mining operations at the New Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by New Elk Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The operator proposes an expansion to the existing approved bathhouse located on the southeast corner of the
facility area and the addition of a 1.8 acre small area exemption south of Pond 7 in the facility area for material
storage.
The underground coal mining operation is on land 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 Vigil, Stonewall, Tercio,
Trinidad.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
the Las Animas County Clerk and Recorder, 200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the
Division office.
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