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<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department o(Natural Resources
<br />1311 Sherman St., Room :15
<br />Denver, CO Nn?03
<br />Phone: (7031 Nfifi-3567
<br />FAX:1303)N3?-N1 Dfi
<br />March 24, 1993
<br />Mr. Rick Holbrook
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Brooks Towers
<br />1020 fifteenth Street
<br />Denver, CO 80202
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<br />Governor
<br />nnichael B. Long
<br />Division Director
<br />Re: Roadside and Cameo Mines (Our File No. C-81-041)
<br />Technical Revision No. 15 (Contemporaneous Reclamation of CRDA Nos. 1 and 2)
<br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes,
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on March 24, 1993,
<br />a technical revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations by
<br />Powderhorn Coal Company, P.0. Box 1430, Palisade, Colorado 81526, was deemed
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment periods as provided
<br />in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this day of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to revise underground coal mining operations at the
<br />Roadside and Cameo Mines. The proposed revision includes a timetable for the
<br />completion of cover requirement field trials at the Roadside Refuse Disposal Area
<br />and for initial contemporaneous reclamation on the lower benches of the Cameo
<br />Refuse Disposal Areas Nos. 1 and 2. The mines are located approximately three
<br />miles northeast of Palisade, Colorado. The permit area is encompassed within the
<br />following lands:
<br />T 10 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28,
<br />29, 34, and 35
<br />T 11 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14
<br />T ii S, R 97 W, 6th P.M.: Sections 6, 7, and 18
<br />T 1 S, R 2 E, Ute P.M.: Section 1
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of
<br />Cameo and Palisade. Lands to be affected by this proposed revision lie in:
<br />T 10 S, R 98 W, 6th P.M., Sections 28 and 34.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at
<br />the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 544 Rood, Grand Junction, Colorado.
<br />Written comments may be submitted and additional information may be obtained from
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303> 866-3567.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />,Yanet H. BinnS
<br />Recla tion S ecialist
<br />JHB/bjw/2941G
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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