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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 />Tom Spezze
<br />SW Regional Wildlife Manager
<br />Colorado Division of Wildlife
<br />SW Regional Service Center
<br />415 Turner Drive
<br />Durango, CO 81303
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<br />RE: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5)
<br />Dear Mr. Spezze:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D IV 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
<br />33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 24, 2008, an application to
<br />renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine was
<br />considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the
<br />Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to continue Underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land
<br />located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is further described as
<br />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
<br />Sections 8, 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 and
<br />Bowie.
<br />In Permit Renewal No. 5, Oxbow Mining, LLC has applied for a renewal of their Elk Creek/Sanbom Creek
<br />coal mining and reclamation permit for another five year term. The permit renewal application would not
<br />incorporate additional lands into the permit area or alter previously approved permit conditions or
<br />mitigation measures.
<br />This permit renewal application is available for review at the Delta County Planning Department, 501
<br />Palmer Street, Delta, CO 81416, at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, at the
<br />Gunnison County Planning Department, 221 North Wisconsin Street-Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230, and at
<br />the Division office.
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