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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 275 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX; (303) 832-8106 <br />July 20, 2007 <br />Hal Simpson <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Water Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver CO 80203 <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 of 2 Gob Vent boreholes, Relocation of Borehole Pad <br />Deaz Mr. Simpson: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />-&- <br />SAF ETY <br />Bill Ritter, lr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Direcor <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 t6, <br />Paragraph 4, of [he 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 disturbance. Based on the gob vent boreholes, <br />there will be an increase m 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 t, 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 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West; <br />Portions of Sections I-3, 11-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 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. At 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 to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room2l5, 1313Sherrtlan SReet, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be <br />submitted within fifteen (I S) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption [hat <br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />James R. Stark <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined E°aF~ltt`3EISfflSali8143 cteaio22 JRS_o72o?00]m22z23.doc Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />