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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF h11NERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resolrtces <br />1313 Sherman St ,Room 215 <br />Denver, Cnlurado 80203 D I v 15 l O N o f <br />Phone: 1303) DG6-1567 MINERAL S <br />FAx. 1301)832-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br />May 24, 1999 MENINGMS ATF EOTY <br />Lawrence Kline e;n o..en: <br />Office of Surface Mining co.emur <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center erep e. vv,knw <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Fxecwrve Dtreclor <br />Denver. CO 80202-5733 h4cnael e. tong <br />Dwisinn Dueuor <br />Re: Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-81-022) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 33 (TR-33) <br />Temporary Pond E As-Built and Reclamation Bond Estimate <br />Dear Mr. Kline: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33. Section 116, Paragraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 21, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Sanborn Creek <br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow ivtinine, Inc.. All review and <br />comment periods as provided in the Ac[ and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />'this technical revision would approve the as-built certification and reclamation bond liability estimate for temporary Pond E, <br />which had been constructed as an emergency mine dewatering pond located adjacent to the North Fork of the Gunnison River. <br />The undereround coal mining operation is on land located immedia[el}' North of Somerset. The permit area is further described <br />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 I I, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West; <br />Portions of Sections I-3, I I-13, Township 13 South, Ranee 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 />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th Xc Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments. contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215. 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. (303) 866-3567. In order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15j days of this lever. If no <br />comments are receivzd by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />scph J. Dudh~h <br />Enviromnenml Protection Specialist <br />JJDlJRC <br />}I ,O5 S11RpTE~IPRUIU_'Ui ^D <br />