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• • iiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MIfYERALS A/JD GEOLOGY <br />Department o! Natural Rewurces <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: 13031 866-3567 <br />fAX: (3031 8 3 2-81 06 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF <br />Mazch 14, 1997 NATURAL <br /> RESOURCE <br />Mr. Alan Pearson Roy Romer <br />Department of Natural Resources cOVef"°` <br />Division of Water Resources IamesS Lochhead <br /> Executive Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br /> Michael B. Long <br />Denver, CO 80203 0."~~~on Dheri°, <br />Re: Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-81-022) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 29 <br />Change Mine Plan And Add Facilities <br />Dear Mr. Pearson: <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, that on Mazch 14, 1997, 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 Carbon & Minerals, Inc. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations initiate from [his date of filing. <br />This revision proposes the addition of various mine plan components to the existing Sanbom Creek Mine. These <br />components include the addition of longwall mining technology, increased coal stockpile volumes and capacities, <br />new surface facilities, and a new refuse pile and pile access corridor. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located directly north of the town of Somerset, Colorado. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, <br />5th & Palmer, Delta, CO 81416-0000, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with or objections to the applicant's proposal. <br />SinFCfely, <br />%" F' <br />Wil~~m J. Carter/ <br />/Environmental Protection Specialist <br />WJC/JRC M:\pSSURC\tEA1%STRO)0'? W1C <br />