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Introduction
<br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
<br />Geology (Division) for [he Sanbom Creek Mine (Permit C-81-022). This document includes
<br />updated findings for all previous permitting actions in addition to: 1) the proposed decision to
<br />approve the Permit Renewal No. 3 application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the
<br />review of the Permit Renewal No. 3 application, a description of the environment affected by the
<br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of
<br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
<br />Act. Detailed information concerning the findings 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 renewal of a permit to conduct surface coal
<br />mining and reclamation operations at the Somerset Mine. The application was submitted by the
<br />operator of the Sanbom Creek Mine, which is Oxbow Mining, Inc. The mine is located on
<br />federal and private lands within Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. The legal description
<br />of the lands included within the permit area is:
<br />Township l2 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 31: S/2 S/2
<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 />Townshin 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 1: Lots 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
<br />Sec. 2: Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
<br />Sec. 3: Lots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, S/2 SW/4
<br />Sec. 4: Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, S/2 SE/4, S/2 SW/4
<br />Sec. 5: Lots 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, S/2 SE/4, S/2 SW/4, NW/4 SW/4
<br />Sec. 6: All
<br />Sec. 7: All
<br />Sec. 8: All North of the Centerline of the River and Town of Somerset
<br />Sec. 9: All North of the Centerline of the River
<br />Sec. ]0: All North of the Centerline of the River
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