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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />September 13, 2002
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Montrose District Office
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 40 (1'R-40)
<br />TR-40, Modification to Reclamation Plan
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING•SAFETY
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<br />Governor
<br />Greg E. Walther
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cottony
<br />Acting Division Director
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, [hat on September 13, 2002, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the Sanborn Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
<br />submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Oxbow Mining LLC requests a change in the reclamation plan to include modification of seed mix.
<br />The Undergrolmd coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset. 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections
<br />8, 9, 10, portions of Sections 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 1-3, 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.
<br />At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
<br />the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional
<br />information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time
<br />frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifreen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received
<br />by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's
<br />proposal.
<br />S' cerel/L~~~B~:!/
<br />im R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />-C-TR-03 CI9R1022 1RB 2002090 25615 PM
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