2012-06-18_REVISION - C1980007 (2)

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D lil C OEPE STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF DELTA 401 Meeker St P.O Box 809 Delta. CO 81416 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION S S. 1. Randal Sunderland. do solemnly swear that I ant rtt,tn :ttin4 editor of the Delta County Independent: that the saute is a weekly newspaper pruned. in \\ hole or in part. and published in the Cotttuv of Delta. Stale of Colorado, continuously and tt iu said County of Delta for a period of more than Idly -two consecu- tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed tacit] notice or advertisement: that said newspaper has been ❑dmtlted to Ilse United Slates mails as second -class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1870. and all amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish - o14 legal notices and advertisements within the IUilti 14 of the laws of the State of Colorado: that the annexed legal noire or adver- tisement was published in the rci.2,1ilar find entire issue of e■ery number of said weekly newspaper lot the period of one con - secutive insertion: that the first publication of said nonce was tit the issue of said newspaper elated Jour 13th Al) . 2012. and that the last publication of said notice etas in the issue of said newspaper dated June 13111, A.l) , 2012 In witness whereof I hint hereunto set my hand (Iris 13th day iI .June. A.D • 2012 General ratan, icier of said f)i'Ito C'ott Indepettde'rtl Subscribed and sworn belote me a Notary Public rat and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado. this 13th clay of June A.l).. 2012 Notary Public M} commission expires 12/24/2013 900 Cypress Wood Lane Delta, CO 81416 PUBLIC NOTICE Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929 -5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR -128 to MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C -80 -007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provi- sions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July 20061, and November 2011 (effective July 2011.1 The current five -year per- mit term expires July 31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five -year permit area contains lands in Sections 9 -11, 13-36, T13S, R9OW, 6"' PM; and Sections 23 -26, T13S, R91W, 6. PM, and Sections 1 -5 , 8.12, T14S, R9OW, 6"' PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The loca- tion of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area encompasses approxi- mately 17,154.9 acres. This Technical Revision provides as -built and geotechnical reports of the repairs completed on the slump below the ST -2 pad and the native slides below the RPEE Haul Road HR -1 segment Revisions to the RPEE geotechnical monitor- ing program, including the slide areas to the north, and clearwater diversions and runoff sediment drainage plans for the RPEE area are also included. This technical revision will not result in any new surface facilities nor increase coal production above currently permit- ted levels. Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CORMS) office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866 -3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite 0, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revi- sion application should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. Published in the Delta County Independent June 13, 2012.