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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
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<br />Denver
<br />Colorado 80203 C O L O R A D O
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<br />Phone:-(303) 866-3567 D I V I s
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<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 M I N I N G
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<br />May 8, 2008 SAFETY
<br />Tom Spezze eiu Ritter, )r.!
<br />SW Regional Wildlife Manager Governor '
<br />Colorado Division of Wildlife '
<br />SW Re Tonal Service Center ~ Harris D. merman
<br />g Executive Director
<br />415 Turner Drive Ronald w. Cottony
<br />Durango, CO 81303 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. Spezze:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph
<br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 8, 2008, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Ells Creek and Sanborn
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and
<br />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 Tract
<br />#4; 2) the associated addition of 249.08 acres to the Permit Area; and 3) an adjustment to the mine plan for previously permitted
<br />Federal Coal Lease COC 61357. No new surface facilities or methane drainage boreholes are planned for the proposed modifications.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is
<br />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 21 1, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteeri (15) days
<br />of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to,
<br />the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Marcia L. Talvitie, P.E.
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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