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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />January 19, 2018 <br /> <br /> <br />Kathleen G. Welt <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />5174 Highway 133 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br /> Technical Revision No. 144 (TR-144) <br /> In-Mine Exploration <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Welt: <br /> <br />We have received your technical revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in <br />Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application <br />has been considered complete for the purposes of filing as of January 19, 2018. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement <br />submitted with the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should publish this advertisement <br />as specified in Rule 2.08.4(6) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be <br />filed with the Division as soon as available after the publication date. <br /> <br />Coincident with the publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed <br />for public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent <br />changes or additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to <br />the Division. <br /> <br />The Division has interpreted 30 CFR 746.18, and consulted with the Office of Surface Mining, to <br />determine that this revision application does not constitute a Mining Plan Action, therefore a copy of the <br />revision application materials need not be sent to the Office of Surface Mining for their review. Should, <br />however, the revision change significantly during the course of the Division’s review, the need for <br />modification of your federal mine plan could at that time be deemed necessary. <br />