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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 25, 2002
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />ftEC LAMATION
<br />MI NING•SAFETY
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management Bill Owens
<br />Montrose District Office G°"°rn°r
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue Greg E. watcher
<br />Montrose, CO 81401 Executive Director
<br /> Ronald W. Cattany
<br /> Acting Division Director
<br />Re: Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 41 (TR-41)
<br />Develop an Addition Degas Well & Pad
<br />Deaz Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 23, 2002, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Sanborn
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Oxbow requests approval to constntct a light use road, and drill site and degas well CBM-15.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset. The permit azea is further
<br />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 1, 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 1-3, I 1-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze 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
<br />Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Minemis and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Streei, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3562 In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(15) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />S' ely,
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<br />im R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />JRB/Ahd
<br />C-TR-03 C1981022 IRB 20020925 123947 PM
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