REV15373

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/11/2006
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: OSM & Fish & Wildlilfe
• Type & Sequence: TR54
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 1 ], 2006
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506-3904
Re: Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
Technical Revision Application No. 54 (TR-54)
Gob Vent Boreboles, Pads and Associated Light Use Roads
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
REC LAMATION•NINING
EAf ETY•EGIENOE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 10, 2006, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The
revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Oxbow Mining, LLC has submitted a technical revision for the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mines. The revision
involves the drilling of lladditional gob vent boreholes (GVB'S) for the Elk Creek mine. The revision also
includes the construction of drill pads and associated light-use roads. The GVB's will all be drilled on US Forest
Service lands. The USFS has initiated their NEPA process. Oxbow Mining, LLC is proposing to disturb an
additional 4.4 acres with the drilling and associated construction activities. There will be an increase in the mine's
reclamation liability associated with this revision. The new liability amount will be determined by the Division as
apart of the adequacy review.
Oxbow Mining, LLC. completed a T & E Species block clearance project in August 2005, for the entire Sanbom
Creek and Elk Creek Mine permit boundary. A copy of this report was sent to Carl Johnston of the Office of
Surface Mining on February 2006 for his review. Mr. Johnston will coordinate with your office as necessary.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
Portions of Sections 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West;
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, portions of Sections 1 1, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
Portions of Sections 1-3, I 1-13, Township 13 South, Range 9l West of the 6th P.M.
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