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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 Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mines (Permit C-81-022). This <br />document includes updated findings for all previous permitting actions in addition to: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve the Permit Renewal No. 4 application; 2) a summary which <br />includes a history of the review of the Permit Renewal No. 4 application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the fmdings of compliance can <br />be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a renewal 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 is: <br />Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 29: S1/2SW1/4, SWl/4 SE1/4 <br />Sec. 30: S1/2S1/2 <br />Sec. 31: All <br />Sec. 32: Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Wl/2NE1/4, NW1/4 <br />Township 12 South, Range 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: Al] <br />Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 6: Lots 17, 21, 22 <br />Sec. 7: Lots 1, 2, and 3 North of the Centerline of the River <br />