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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />May 8, 2008
<br />Desty Dyer
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Uncompahgre Field Office
<br />2505 S. Townsend Ave.
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />Re: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 59 (TR-59)
<br />Application for Federal Coal Lease, Mine Plan and Permit Boundary Changes
<br />Dear Mr. Dyer:
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<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVIS'I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
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<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter,lr,
<br />Governor ,
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 8, 2008, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Elk
<br />Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow
<br />Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing;
<br />TR-59 provides for 1) the mining of additional of coal reserves contained within a 148-acre modification to Federal Coal'Lease
<br />Tract #4; 2) the associated addition of 249.08 acres to the Permit Area; and 3) an adjustment to the mine plan for previously
<br />permitted Federal Coal Lease COC 61357. No new surface facilities or methane drainage boreholes are planned for the
<br />proposed modifications.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />All or parts of Sections 29 - 32, Township 12 South; Range 90 West, 6th P.M.;
<br />All or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.;
<br />All or parts of Sections 6 and 7, Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th P.M.;
<br />All or parts of Sections 1 - 7, 11, 12 and 17; parts north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8 - 10, Township
<br />13 South, Range 90 West, 6th P.M.;
<br />All or parts of Sections 1 - 3 and 11 - 13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Bowie and Somerset.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Delta County Clerk and
<br />Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide
<br />written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Marcia L. Talvitie
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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