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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmenl ni Natural Resources <br />13I J Sherman 51.. Roam 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 8020) <br />Phone: (3031 H66-3567 <br />FAX: 1303) Sl?~8I06 <br />June 29, 1998 <br />Bob Schneider <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />Craig District Office <br />455 Emerson Street <br />Craig, CO 81625 <br />Re: Apex No. 2)Vtine (Permit No. C-81-011) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 10 <br />Vegetation Standard Revision <br />... <br />Dear Mr. Schneider: <br />~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. Lnchhead <br />Executive DireUOr <br />Mirhael fi. ton; <br />Dinsian Director <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 26, 1998, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Apex No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted <br />by Sunland Mining Corporation. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />The applicant proposes to revise the vegetation standards for the Apex No. 2 Mine. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles west of Oak Creek, Colorado. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2l and 22, Township 4 North, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Courthouse, Box <br />773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: E. Forrest Jones, Jr., Esq., Sunland Mining Cotp, Costain America, Inc <br />M.~OSSV RCyTES1PrR0J01105 TAA <br />