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P�MENT Of <br />. _ ryF us Wwwwanawmro� <br />-�'� '�� United States Department of the Interior°° <br />9 <br />N O <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />yggcH a �s°9 UNCOMPAHGRE FIELD OFFICE <br />2465 South Townsend <br />Montrose. CO 81401 <br />\ti ww.bim.,,ov/co/st'en, fo%ufo.htm I <br />In Reply Refer to: RECEIVE® <br />3480, COS05000 <br />COC 1362 & COC67232 MAY 10 2016 MAY 17 Z01 <br />Leigh D. Simmons, EPS @ e fw <br />�i�iiaimn <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety J0jK"VA§0kW <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 <br />Denver CO 80203 <br />RE: Permit Boundary Expansion — Proposed Area of Projected Longwall Panels and <br />Proposed MVB Sites — West Elk Mine — PN C-1980-007 — PR -15 <br />Dear Mr. Simmons: <br />This is to inform you that my staff has reviewed the subject permit revision submitted by <br />Mountain Coal Company to revise operations at the West Elk Mine. Per your request in a letter <br />to us on April 5, 2018, we verify that the Federal mining leases with rights of surface access <br />were issued effective on December 1, 2017. A complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief <br />and a motion for temporary restraining order were both filed on December 15, 2017. The court <br />denied the temporary restraining order on December 21, 2017 but no ruling has been made <br />regarding declaratory and injunctive relief. <br />In the meantime, we have determined that the proposed mine plan could comply with the <br />Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, all applicable requirements of both 43 CFR Subpart <br />3480 and the conditions and special stipulations of the federal leases involved. We also find that <br />maximum economic recovery of the federal coal within the active federal leases COC1362 and <br />COC67232 would be achieved. <br />These determinations cover the entire leased lands encompassed in PR -15. If you have any <br />questions, please call Desty Dyer at 970-240-5302. <br />Sincerely, <br />G e Larson <br />Manager, Uncompahgre Field Office <br />CC Howard Strand, OSM <br />Dan Gray, USFS <br />Kathy Welt, MCC <br />