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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (Division) for the Sanbom Creek Mine (Permit C-81-022). This document includes <br />updated fmdings for all previous permitting actions in addition to: 1) the proposed decision to <br />approve the Permit Revision No. 5 application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the <br />review of the Permit Revision No. 5 application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written fmdings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. Detailed information concerning the fmdings of compliance can be found in the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a revision of a permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the aforementioned mine. The application was submitted <br />by the operator of the Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mines, which is Oxbow Mining, LLC The <br />mine is located on federal and private lands within Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. The <br />legal description of the lands included within the permit area, as amended by this revision, is: <br />Township 12 South, Ranee 90 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 29: S1/2SW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 <br />Sec 30: SI/2S1/2 <br />Sec, 31: all <br />Sec 32: Lots 2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15, Wl/2NE1/4, NWl/4 <br />Township 12 South, Ranee 91 West, 6~' PM <br />Sec. 25: S1/2S1/2 <br />Sec. 26: S1/2S1/2 <br />Sec. 27: SEl/4SE1/4 <br />Sec 34: Lots 8, 9, 15, 16, E1/2NE1/4 <br />Sec. 35: all <br />Sec 36: all <br />