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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 />March 24, 2008
<br />Carl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />P.O. Box 46667
<br />Denver, CO 80201-6667
<br />Re: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5)
<br />Dear Mr. Johnston:
<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 118,
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 24, 2008, an application to renew an existing permit to conduct
<br />coal mining operations at the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date
<br />of filing.
<br />Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to continue Underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land located
<br />approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The 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, 9, 10,
<br />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 and Bowie.
<br />In Permit Renewal No. 5, Oxbow Mining, LLC has applied for a renewal of their Elk Creek/Sanbom Creek coal mining and
<br />reclamation permit for another five year term.
<br />This permit renewal application is available for review at the Delta County Planning Department, 501 Palmer Street, Delta, CO
<br />81416, at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, at the Gunnison County Planning Department, 221
<br />North Wisconsin Street-Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide
<br />written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta
<br />County Independent.
<br />Sincerely, a?4
<br />Hphu sh
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />JJ D/Ahd
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