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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanmem of Natural Resources
<br />13 7 3 Sherman SI., Ruum ? I S
<br />Denver, Colorado BO203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone. (303) 866-356: MINERAL S
<br />FAX: (30]1 N32-8105 be
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br />May 24, 1999 MENINGMSA FETY
<br />Marie Stiles
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<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management eDVemnr
<br />Montrose District Office Greg E Wale her
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue Evecuove Director
<br />Montrose, CO 81401 nlich~el B Long
<br /> Division Diranar
<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 Ivls. Stiles:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Atticle 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
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, Inc. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act 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
<br />E, which had been constructed as an emergency mine dewaterin~ pond located adjacent [o the North Fork of the Gunnison
<br />River.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located immediately North of Somerset. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />Portions of Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 34, 35 and 36, Township l2 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,
<br />10, portions of Sections 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I-3, 11-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.Ivt.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USCS 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 & 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 (l5) days of this letter. If no
<br />comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the
<br />applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />J sepfMJ. Du sh
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />UD/1RC
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