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~e~ O <br />• CHRONOLOGY <br />Somerset / Sanborn Creek /Elk Creek Mine <br />Federal Lease COC-61357 <br />Mining Plan Decision Document <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC submitted the permit application <br />package (PAP) under the approved Colorado State Program to the <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CO-DMG) for a <br />permit revision for the Somerset l Sanborn Creek 1 Elk Creek <br />Mine. <br />August 1, 2002 CO-DMG determined that the PAP was administratively <br />complete for public review and comment. <br />August 22, 2002 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement <br />(OSM) received the PAP. <br />September 11, 2002 Oxbow Mining, LLC published in the Delta County Independent <br />the last consecutive notice that its complete PAP was filed with <br />CO-DMG. <br />• September 12, 2002 The State Historic Preservation Office provided i[s comments on <br />the mining plan. <br />January 27, 2003 CO-DMG approved the PAP. <br />February 3, 2003 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided its final consultation <br />comments on the mining plan. <br />May 13, 2003 The Federal land management agency, U. S. Forest Service, <br />provided its final concurrence with the approval of the mining plan <br />with respect to the management of Federally owned surface lands <br />under their control. <br />May 16, 2003 The Bureau of Land Management provided its findings and <br />recommendations on the approval of the mining plan, with respect <br />to the Resource Recovery and Protection Plan. The Bureau of <br />Land Management also provided its final concurrence with the <br />approval of the mining plan with respect to the management of <br />Federally owned surface lands under their control. <br />June 5, 2003 OSM's Western Regional Coordinating Center recommended to the <br />• Acting Director, OSM, that the mining plan action be approved. <br />