2011-02-14_REVISION - C1981012 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/14/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Las Animas County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Email Name: KAG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O R A D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V I S I O N o f
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING

February 14, 2011 SAFETY
Las Animas County Commissioners
County Commissioner
200 East First Street, Room 104
Trinidad, CO 81082
Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Mine Plan Revision
Dear Las Animas County Commissioners:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 11, 2011, a
permit revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1981-012 by
New Elk Coal Company, LLC, was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of
filing.
New Elk Coal Company is requesting approval of a mine plan to extract coal from the Apache coal seam
and the Allen coal seam to the southeast of the mine facility under the Bosque del Oso State Wildlife
Area. The surface and the coal in the proposed expansion area is owned by the Division of Wildlife. The
Underground coal mining operation is located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows: T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 24, 25 and 26. All
sections are partially or fully projected by New Elk Coal Company due to the unsurveyed nature of the
Maxwell Land Grant. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute
Quadrangle maps of Stonewall, Tercio, and Vigil. _
A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County
Commissioners. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal
conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the The
Chronicle - News.
Sincerely,
Kent A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist III
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines