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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 />October 10, 2008
<br />Gunnison County Commissioners
<br />County Commissioner
<br />200 E Virginia
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230
<br />Re: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 60 (TR-60)
<br />Bear Creek Fansite Facility
<br />Dear Commissioners:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V IS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<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 October 9, 2008, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Elk 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 />This Technical Revision provides for the addition of the Bear Creek shaft and fan facility and up to three 6" utility boreholes.
<br />The facility will comprise approximately 2.3 acres, located in the Bear Creek drainage approximately 2 miles North of SH 133,
<br />and located entirely on Oxbow fee surface and minerals land in Gunnison County.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is further described as
<br />follows:
<br />Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM:
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM:
<br />All or parts of Sections 29 - 32
<br />All or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36
<br />All or parts of Sections 6 and 7
<br />All or parts of Sections 1 - 12 and 17
<br />All or parts of Sections I - 3 and 11 - 3
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Somerset and Bowie.
<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 />arcia L. Talvitie
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />MLT/Ahd
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