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STATE OF CDLORADC <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 COLORADO <br />D l v t s~ I o N o f <br />Phone: (303) 866-x567 RECLA1vtATION <br />fAX: (303) 832-8106 LVt I N I NCi. <br /> -i&- <br />May 8, 2008 <br />SAFETY <br />Ryan Taylor Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />U.S. Forest SeCVICe Governor <br />Paonia Ranger District Harris D. Sherman <br /> <br />P.O. Box 1030 Executive Di rector <br />Paonia, CO 84128 Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br /> Natural Resource Trustee <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. Taylor: <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 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 ~ipetmit <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 'l7; 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 tiime 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, l 313 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. [f 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 />-'2`~tr.-Gt'_-if-G~. .~'~/i._fG ':f ~'L-~Cf' <br />i. <br />Marcia L. Talvitie <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M:\~1~.~ t~np\C-TR-03_C1981022_MLT_05082005013429.doc OfflCe of <br />nn~.,A.i I and Rarlamatinn Ilanvar Grand lunrtinn r)nran+?n ArY1VP andlnartiva Mines <br />