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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ ~ ~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />I )rp.rnnrrnl ul N,rlu~d Kr.uun is <br />I ; I ylu•n n.rn yl . Krum ! I i <br />I h~rrvr~r. (ul~rt,Wn 1411!11 <br />I'lu me'I;Il ;1 NLL 4SL7 <br />I,\\ r;II 1114 :! IIILL <br />September 14. 1998 <br />Lawrence Kline <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202-5733 <br />Re: Golden Eagle Mine (Permit No. C-81-013) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 49 <br />Pond 003 and 004 Removal <br />Dear Mr. Kline: <br />~~~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Rnv Rnm«r <br />Qwernrn <br />lames 5. LnchheaJ <br />F.ecmive Dueaor <br />nhr hael N Long <br />Ormunn Duennr <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 I6, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 10, 1998, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Golden Eagle Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was <br />submitted by Basin Resources, Inc. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />This revision to the permit requests approval to remove sedimentation ponds 003 and 004 at the mine site. The <br />applicant has presented data which indicates the reclaimed areas do not contribute sediment in excess of sediment <br />levels from comparable undisturbed areas adjacent to the mine. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 20 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br />[n all or portions of Sections IS-22, and Sections 27-34 of T33S, R67W; and Sections 3 and 4 of T34S, R67W. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Vigil. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County Courthouse, <br />200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division office. For additional information or <br />to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. [n order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (l5) 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 />Imo! ' ill l~,w'~ <br />C i~ \ <br />Kent A. Gorham <br />Environmental Protection Specialist\ <br />KAG!)RC S1.IOSSVRfITF\IPrRUiDI iU_' A.A(i <br />