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6/6/2018 State.co.us Executive Branch Mail - Fwd: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! - I'm opposing West Elk Mine's permit r... <br />STATE OF DRMS_CoalAdmin - DNR, DNR <dnr drms_coal_admin@state.co.us> <br />'r <br />COLORADO <br />Fwd: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! - I'm opposing West <br />Elk Mine's permit revision number 15 (PR -15) <br />1 message <br />Temp - DNR, DRMS <drms.temp@state.co.us> <br />To: dnr—drms—coal—admin@state.co.us <br />Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:08 AM <br />---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />From: Temp - DNR, DRMS <drms.temp@state.co.us> <br />Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM <br />Subject: Fwd: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! - I'm opposing West Elk Mine's permit revision <br />number 15 (PR -15) <br />To: KWelt@archcoal.com <br />---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />From: Walther Schoeller <walther@schoeller.net> <br />Date: Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:09 PM <br />Subject: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! - I'm opposing West Elk Mine's permit revision number <br />15 (PR -15) <br />To: drms.temp@state.co.us <br />To Ms. Ginny Brannon <br />Director - Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Dear Mrs. Brannon: <br />• I strongly oppose West Elk Mine's permit revision number 15 (PR -15), which seeks to add to the mine's existing permit area <br />about 1,520 acres of roadless National Forest land and federal minerals and about 1,100 acres of private surface and fee <br />coal. <br />• Approving this permit revision is not in the public interest because it would destroy and degrade roadless forest directly <br />adjacent to the West Elk Wilderness, and because it would prolong the operation of the West Elk coal mine, which has been <br />the largest single industrial source of methane pollution in Colorado for many years. <br />• PR -15 violates Division regulations that require mining operations to "minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of [mine] <br />operations on fish, wildlife, and related environmental values." <br />• PR -15 fails to control and minimize air pollution, because the permit revision does nothing to limit the climate impacts of <br />methane pollution. The West Elk mine contains no provisions to limit methane pollution, such as mandating the capture or <br />flaring of methane, although a recent State of Colorado report shows that flaring can be a safe and reliable way to reduce <br />coal mine climate pollution. <br />Sincerely, <br />Walther Schoeller <br />c (978) 371-7173 <br />14 Sopris Avenue <br />P.O. Box 3272 <br />Crested Butte, CO 81224 <br />https://ma il. google. com/mai I/b/AOg3vwl0smveWol nsa5lfh Revndt2T6Lymh7XjyFtbS6ZytJ 7Fj7/u/0/?u i=2&i k=deb7fOcd20&jsver=-dxVNc9Y02g. en. &cbl =g mai I_fe_1805 <br />