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reorganize the entire Sanborn Creek Mine permit application, it was decided to separate <br />the permit application reorganization effort from the permit renewal process. Since the <br />permit renewal adequacy questions were more pertinent to the reorganization, rather than <br />to the permit renewal itself, the OMI responses to the permit renewal adequacy review <br />questions were submitted in a new revision, Permit Revision No. 4 (PR-04) on 15 <br />September 2000. Issuance of the Permit renewal was contingent upon the submittal of <br />PR-04, and the permit renewal was issued on 25 September 2000. <br />Technical Revision No. 32 (TR-32) was submitted on 17 September 1999. TR-32 was for <br />the construction of surface facilities, and the initial development and mining of the Elk <br />Creek Mine. In this TR review, the Division reevaluated the reclamation cost estimate for <br />the entire mine. A decision to approve TR-32 was issued on 10 July 2000. <br />PR-04, submitted by Oxbow Mining Inc. (OMI) on 15 September 2000, is primarily an <br />updated and reformatted permit application. The updated permit incorporates all relevant <br />information from the original mining and reclamation plan including all approved <br />revisions to the permit. OMI also proposed to add 3,965 acres to the permit azea. Amine <br />plan for the additional area was submitted as a separate Permit Revision (Permit Revision <br />OS). No new mining or reclamation activities were proposed in PR-04. An adequacy <br />letter was sent to OMI on 9 November 2000. The Division approved PR-04 on 14 <br />January 2002. <br />On 19 September 2001, OMI submitted Succession of Operators application no. 5 (SO- <br />DS). This application was submitted to change the ownership of the mine from OMI to <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC. The application was deemed complete on 27 September 2001 and <br />approved on 23 October 2003. <br />On 15 February 2002 OMLLC submitted Permit Revision No. 5 (PR-OS). The revision <br />was deemed incomplete on 26 February 2002 and again on 21 March 2002. PR-OS was <br />subsequently deemed complete on 1 August 2002, PR-OS was a mine plan change that <br />also incorporated a federal lease modification of 160 acres. No new lands were <br />incorporated into the permit boundary with PR-O5. The Permit Revision was approved <br />on 27 January 2003. <br />On 21 February 2003 OMLLC submitted an application for the renewal of a valid, <br />existing permit for coal mining (Permit Renewal 04 - RN-04}. The renewal was deemed <br />complete on 3 March 2003 and a proposed decision to approve RN-04 was issued on 10 <br />October 2003. Anew permit was issued on 3 December 2003 with the permit term <br />running from 1 l October 2003 until 11 October 2008. <br />Section II -Revisions to Permit C-1981-022 <br />Since the approval of Permit Renewal No. 4, the following minor revisions (MR) and <br />technical revisions (TR) have been approved for Permit No. C-81-022. <br />Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine <br />Permit No. C-1981-022 <br />2006 Midterm Review <br />I l Apri12006 <br />4 <br />