2008-09-08_REVISION - C1981022 (4)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Oxbow Mining, LLC. (OMLLC), P.O. Box 535, 3737 Highway 133, Somerset, Colorado 81434, has filed a complete application to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS) for a Technical Revision (TR-61) to its existing approved Permit No. C-1981-022. This TR provides for the addition of 1 mine ventilation borehole. The site is located on previously disturbed but reclaimed coal exploration road and site disturbance. There will be no "new" construction of temporary light use roads. The affected area is located on BLM managed lands. OMLLC's approved permit area is located in Gunnison and Delta Counties and north of the town of Somerset and the North Fork of the Gunnison River. OMLLC's current permit area would be included on the areas presented by the Somerset and Bowie USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps and is generally described as follows: Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 29 - 32 Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36 Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 6 and 7 Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 1-12 and 17 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 1- 3 and 11 - 13 The permit area contains approximately 13,180 acres of surface lands of which 5,551 acres are located on private land and 7,629 acres are on Federal land. Complete copies of the TR-61 application are on file at the CDRMS offices located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, Phone:(303) 866-3567; at the Gunnison County Planning Office, Delta County Planning Office and at the Paonia Public Library. Comments or objections concerning the application for revision should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. 0 Page 4