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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />D?VI?I?N ?F RE??AMAT1?h?, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />?epartmer?t of Natural Resources
<br />131 ? ?herrnan fit,, Room ? 15
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<br />Denver, Colorado 80?0? ? O ? ? ? A ? ?
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<br />Phone: ?303? 866-367 REC>?AMATI?N
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<br /> SAFETY
<br />November 9, 2??9
<br /> BI?? Rltter,lr,
<br />Call Johristorl
<br />Governor
<br />Office of Surface 1?Illling i'iarris ?. 5herrnan
<br />western Regional Coord?nating Center Executive Director
<br />1??? Broadway, Sulu ??2? Ronald W. Cottony
<br />De?lveT, ? ????? Division Director
<br /> Natural Resource Trustee
<br />??; l?lk Creek and Sanborn creek 1Viine Permit loo. -1951-0??}
<br />Technical Revision Application No. G5 (TR-G?}
<br />Ventilation Boreholes
<br />Dear Mr. Johnston;
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and safety hereby issues native, in accordance with Title 34, Article ?, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of die Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 9, 249, an application to revise coal mining operations at
<br />the Elk Creek and anbarn Creek Kline was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was subrr?itted by
<br />Oxbow Mining,llLC. A11 review and vomment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of
<br />filing.
<br />This Technical Revision provides far the addi?on of as many as thirty-three gob vent boreholes at the Flk Creek 1V[ine?
<br />Twenty-seven drill pads and associated temporary,light use roads will be installed; the borehales will be fitted with pumps for
<br />mine ventilation, and eventually reclaimed
<br />The underground coal mining operation is an land located approximately D miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows;
<br />Township 12 South, Range 90 Nast, 6th PM -all or parts of cctians 29 -? 3?
<br />Township 12 South, Rangy 91 West, 6th P1V[ - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36
<br />Township 1 ? South, Range 89 Nest, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7
<br />Township t3 South, Rage 9a Nest, 6th PM -all orparts ?fSections 1-12 and 1?
<br />'favunship 1 ? youth, Range 91 west, 6th PM -all ar parts of Sections 1- 3 and 11-1 ?
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown an ?SGS 7.S 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 can?plete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
<br />? Third Street, Paonia, CO 81428; at the Delta and Cxurmisan County Planning Departments; and at the Division office. For
<br />additional information ar to provide written cornrnents, vontavt the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, ???3} 566-3567, In order for us to comply with regulatory time firames, we
<br />request that comments be submitted within fifteen ?15? days of this letter. If na comments are received by then, we v?ill
<br />proceed an the assumption that you have no concerns with, ar ob?ectians to, ?e applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />r .. ?
<br />MarCla ?. Talvltie
<br />environmental Protection Specialist
<br />MLTIAhd
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined land Reclamation Denver + Grand function + Durango Active and inactive Mines
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