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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />September 14, 2004 <br />James Fulton <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />P.O. Box 46667 <br />Denver, CO 80201-6667 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Bond Release Application No. 2 (SL-2) <br />Dear Mr. Fulton: <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC has applied for a bond release at the West Elk Mine. The bond release <br />application was found complete by this Division on September 13, 2004. Mountain Coal Company has <br />applied for Phase 1 bond release of the Lone Pine Gulch ventilation facility area, 5.5 acres located in <br />the SE 1/4, Section 18, Township 135, Range 90 W. The requested amount for release is $45,937.18. <br />The surface ownership is Federal and private, and the coal mined was Federal and private. <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon <br />as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days <br />of our inspection. <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />~/ C2CLE~ <br />im R. Burnell <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JRB/Ahd <br />C-SLOI C198000] !RB 20000916 9250] AM <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MIN sRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.E C4AMATION•MINING <br />SAFETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cottony <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Office of <br />Active and Inactive Mines <br />Colorado <br />Geoloeical Survev <br />