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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Deparimem ul N,vmal Resources
<br />131 3 Sherman SL, Room ? 15
<br />Denver, ColurDdU 90203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phnne: (303) 965-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAY: (3031 tl3?-9106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br />Ma 24, 1999
<br />y RECLAMATION
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Hal Simpson 9.n Owens
<br />Departmen[ of Natural Resources cDVNrnDr
<br />Division of Water Resources ereg E. vvalcncr
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 Etecmrve Dveaor
<br />Denver, CO 80203 Michael B. Long
<br /> Division Director
<br />Re: Sanborn Creek M1line (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. Simpson:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, N accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph
<br />4, of [he 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 initia[e from this date of tiling.
<br />This technical revision would approve the as-built cer[ification and reclamation bond liability estima[e for Temporary Pond
<br />E, which had been constructed as an emergency mine dewatering pond located adjacent to the Noah 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 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,
<br />10, portions of Sections 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I-3, 11-13, Township l3 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 Somerse[.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer.
<br />Della, CO 81416, and a[ 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 (16) 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 />applican['s proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />.~.t.~P
<br />1 eph j. D sh
<br />nvironmental Protection Specialist
<br />7JD/JRC
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