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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF LAS ANIMAS} SS
<br />Tammie L. Parker, of lawful age, being first duly
<br />sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is
<br />the authorized agent of The Chronicle -News,
<br />daily newspaper of general circulation which is
<br />published and circulated in the City of
<br />Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, that
<br />said newspaper is a newspaper of general
<br />circulation complying with all of the requirements
<br />of Articles I to VII, Chapter 130, 1935,
<br />Colorado Statutes Annotated, and all other
<br />laws of said State, and that said legal / notice
<br />has been so published for the period of time
<br />prescribed in said newspaper proper and not a
<br />supplement.
<br />The attached Notice was published in said
<br />newspaper in its issue(s) dated
<br />00041226 February 23, 2012 March 15,
<br />March 012012 March 08,
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<br />Tammie L. Parker
<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me this
<br />1!L day of, ^,
<br />A. D., 2012.
<br />A.6 U
<br />Allyson L. Shcumaker
<br />My commission expires on August 26, 2015
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC, 122 West First St.,
<br />Trinidad, CO 81082 the owner of the New Elk Mine,
<br />Permit number C- 1981 -012, is filing for a permit revision
<br />(PR -04) to the mining permit with the State of Colorado,
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. For filing
<br />purposes, this application was deemed complete by the
<br />Division on February 22, 2013.
<br />The New Elk Mine is locaied approximately 7 miles west
<br />ofWeston Colorado on Slate Hwy. 12. The Jansen Yard is
<br />located immediately south of the town ofJansen. The
<br />mine permit boundary is located within sections 13, 14,
<br />21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35 and 36, T33S,
<br />R68W and sections I and 2, T34S, R68W. The Jansen
<br />Yard is located within sections 22 and 23, T33S, R64W.
<br />The mine and Jansen Yard permit boundaries contain
<br />4201.5 and 10.5 acres more or less respectively. These
<br />sections can be located on the USGS 7.5 minute Vigil,
<br />Stonewall, Tercio and Trinidad quadrangle maps. Most of
<br />the proposed underground mine workings and portions
<br />of the surface support facilities lie within the boundary of
<br />the Bosque del Oso State Wildlife Area. A total of 209.1
<br />acres of surface disturbance from mining related activity
<br />is covered by a reclamation bond in the amount of
<br />$4,002,113 as of December 8, 2011.
<br />This permit revision is for a 1,618.7 acre expansion of the
<br />permit boundary. The east line of the permit boundary will
<br />be moved approximately one mile to the east. The mine
<br />permit boundary expansion lies within sections 19, 30 and
<br />31, T33S, R68W and section 6, T34S, R68W. The
<br />proposed permit boundary 'expansion lies within the
<br />Beaubien and Miranda Land Grant. A metes and bounds
<br />descriptions of the permit boundary can be found in the
<br />permit revision application. This permit expansion will
<br />allow panels to be developed to the east off of the Blue
<br />Seam south mains. Most of the surface and coal located
<br />within the permit boundary expansion is owned by the
<br />State of Colorado with a small amount owned by New Elk_
<br />Coal Company.
<br />Mining for 2012 -2015 is anticipated to occur in the Alien
<br />seam north of the Purgatoire River and East to the permit
<br />boundary. Alien seam mining will then turn south. Mining
<br />is planned in the Apache seam south of the East Portals.
<br />Mining in the Alien and Apache Seams will not overlap.
<br />Blue Seam mining will occur south of the Purgatoire
<br />River. Blue Seam mining will proceed east to the permit
<br />boundary and then turn south.
<br />Some of the affected area proposed by this revision will
<br />be within 100 feet, measured horizontally, of the outside
<br />right -of -way line of State Highway 12 between mile posts
<br />42.0 and 42.5 and any public roads within the Bosque Del
<br />Oso State Wildlife Area that are within the mine permit
<br />boundary.
<br />A public hearing, for the purpose of determining whether
<br />the interests of the public and affected landowners will be
<br />protected may be requested by contacting the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety in writing within 30 days
<br />after the last publication of this notice. Any such hearing
<br />will be held in the locality of the mining operation.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is available for public
<br />inspection at the Las Animas County courthouse. Office
<br />of the County Recorder, and at the offices of the Division
<br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St.,
<br />Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866 -3567: Written
<br />comments, objections or a request for an informal
<br />conference on the proposed permit revision may be
<br />submitted to and additional information obtained from the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313
<br />Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO 80203, phone (303)
<br />866 -3567. Written comments, objections or a request for
<br />an informal conference must be received by the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety within 30 days
<br />after the final date of this publication in order to be
<br />considered.
<br />Publish: Feb 23, Mar 1, 8, 15, 2012 41226
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