2008-05-08_REVISION - C1981022 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/8/2008
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR59
• Email Name: MLT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources i

1313 Sherman St., Room 215 I
C O L D RA D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 o t v t sji O N O F
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
MINING
FAX: [phone] _~&_
SAFETY
May f>, 2008 Bill Ritter, Jn
Governor
Greg Wolff Harris D. Sherman
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Colorado Historical Society tor
Executive Dire
The Colorado Histo Mu$eum
ly Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
1300 $roadway Natural Resource Trustee
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
Technical Revision Application No. 59 (TR-59)
-Application for Federal Coal Lease, Mine Plan and Permit Boundary Changes
Dear Mr. Wolff:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 8, 2008, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Elk Creek°and Sanborn Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes offiling.
The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and
the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
TR-59 provides for 1) the mining of additional coal reserves contained within a 148-acre modification to Federal
Coal Lease Tract #4; 2) the associated addition of 249.08 acres to the Permit Area, and 3) an adjustment to the
mine plan for previously permitted Federal Coal Lease COC 61357. No new surface facilities or methane drainage
boreholes are planned for the proposed modifications.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
All or parts of Sections 29 - 32, Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th P.M.;
All or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.;
All or parts of Sections 6 and 7, Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th P.M.;
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 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th P.M.;
All or parts of Sections 1- 3 and 11 - 13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Bowie and Somerset.
Because the above-referenced technical revision application would incorporate additional lands into the.. permit
area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting
your agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources.
In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we most have
your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the. proposed
operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for, listing,
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