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STATE OF
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<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 />July 2Q 2007
<br />Ryan Taylor
<br />U.S. Forest Service
<br />Paonia Ranger District
<br />P.O. Box 1030
<br />Paonia, CO 84128
<br />Re: Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 57 (TR-57)
<br />TR-57 Addition ot2 Gob Vent boreholes, Relocation of Borehole Pad
<br />Dear Mr. Taylor:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />- &-
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, lr.
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cottony
<br />Division DIrCCTDr
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tide 34, Article 33, Section l 16,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 19, 2007, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow
<br />Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Oxbow Mining LLC has submitted a Technical Revision for the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mines. The revision involves
<br />the drilling of four new gob vent boreholes and the relocation of one gob vent borehole. All of the areas proposed for
<br />disturbance are on US Forest Service controlled lands and have been surveyed for archaeological resources and threatened and
<br />endangered species. The revision includes an additional 2.48 acres of surface dismrbance. Based on [he gob vent boreholes,
<br />there will be an increase in the mine's reclamation liability associated with this revision, as calculated by the Division.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8, 9, 10,
<br />portions of Sections 1 1, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I-3, I 1-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West ofthe 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. A[ the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Delta County Clerk and
<br />Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 21 I, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or [o provide
<br />written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us [o comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />James R. Stark
<br />Environmental Protection Soecia
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Min~d~ftSl~~kf~~at'~Sron_ozoozozms.d« Denver Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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