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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 />February 25, 2008
<br />Dick Wolfe
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />Division of Water Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />Re: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 58 (TR-58)
<br />Two GOB Vent Boreholes
<br />Dear Mr. Wolfe:
<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,
<br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 25, 2008, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The
<br />revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 58, Oxbow Mining LLC is proposing to drill two gob vent boreholes. If the first borehole
<br />is successful, the second borehole may not be needed. Both holes would be drilled from existing drill pads using
<br />existing roads. No new surface disturbance is planned. One borehole is on land managed by the USDA-Forest Service
<br />while the other is on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Skid mounted pumps will be used to vent
<br />the methane into the atmosphere. Surveys of threatened & endangered species and cultural resources for the area have
<br />been previously made. The boreholes, mud pits and preexisting drill pads and roads will be reclaimed after use.
<br />Sediment control measures such as straw bales and silt fence will be utilized.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 91 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8,
<br />9, 10, portions of Sections 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 1-3, 11-13, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At
<br />the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the
<br />Delta County Clerk and Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For
<br />additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety,
<br />Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567.
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