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6/6/2018 State.co.us Executive Branch Mail - Fwd: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! <br />TATE OF DRMS_CoalAdmin - DNR, DNR <dnr drms_coal_admin@state.co.us> <br />'r <br />COLORADO <br />Temp - DNR, DRMS <drms.temp@state.co.us> Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:11 AM <br />To: KWelt@archcoal.com, dnr—drms—coal—admin@state.co.us <br />---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br />From: DAVID HATCHER <rarig erdanger2017@comcast. net> <br />Date: Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:34 PM <br />Subject: Sunset Roadless Area is no place for a mine expansion! <br />To: drms.temp@state.co.us <br />To: Ms. Ginny Brannon, Director - Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety: <br />• 1 oppose West Elk Mine's permit revision number 15 (PR -15), which seeks to add to the <br />mine's existing permit area about 1,520 acres of roadless national forest land and federal <br />minerals, and about 1,100 acres of private surface and fee coal. <br />• Approving this permit revision is not in the public interest because it would destroy and <br />degrade roadless national forest directly adjacent to the West Elk Wilderness and because it <br />would prolong the operation of the West Elk coal mine, which has been the largest single <br />industrial source of methane pollution in Colorado for many years. Keep the coal in the <br />ground! <br />• PR -15 violates the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety's own regulations <br />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 <br />limit the climate impacts of methane pollution. The West Elk coal mine contains no provisions <br />to limit methane pollution, such as mandating the capture or flaring of methane, although a <br />recent State of Colorado report shows that flaring can be a safe and reliable way to reduce <br />coal mine climate pollution. <br />Thank you for this opportunity to speak out against the West Elk coal mine proposal. <br />David Hatcher <br />6126-3 Habitat Drive <br />Boulder CO 80301 <br />https://ma il. google. com/mai I/b/AOg3vwlOsmveWol nsa5lfh Revndt2T6Lymh7XjyFtbS6ZytJ 7Fj7/u/0/?u i=2&i k=deb7fOcd2O&jsver=-dxVNc9YO2g. en. &cbl =g mai I_fe_1805 <br />