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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DiV1SI?N QF RE?FAMATI?i?f, N11NIN1J A?VD SAFETY
<br />Departmnk of Natural resources
<br />i ? ? 3 Sherman 5t,, room ? 1.?
<br />Denvef, ?oiorada 8?2?3
<br />Phone: (3?3? 866-367
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<br />November 9, 2??9
<br />C?I??RAD?
<br />DIVISIoN ?F
<br />RECLAMATI?1?
<br />MII?11?G
<br />SAl~ laT?
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />?av?rnor
<br />Janet I?1eler
<br />Colorado Department of Public):?ealth and Environment Harris ?, ?h?rman
<br />water uality COntral Division - Permit Section Executive Director
<br />4300 Chevy Creek Drive South R?naid ?r. ?attany
<br />DeI1Ver, ? ?????-???? DIVI$lo? Director
<br />Natural iResauree ?'r?astee
<br />lie: Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine ?P?rrnit No, ?-181-0??}
<br />Technical l?evisi?n Applicatron No. G? ?T??6
<br />Ventilation Boreholes
<br />Dear Ms. Kieler;
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues nofice, in accordance with Title 34, Article ??, Section 1 t ,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that an ?iovember ?, 209, a.n application to revise coal mining operations at
<br />the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mine was considered corr?plete for the purposes of filing The revision was submitted by
<br />G>aow Mining, LLC? All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the regulations initiate fzom this date of
<br />filing,
<br />This Technical Revision provides for the addition of as many as thirty-three gob vent l?oreholes at the Elk Creek Mine,
<br />Twenty-seven dryll pads and associated tenYporary, light use roads will be installed; the boreholes will be fitted with puns fQr
<br />mine ventilation, and eventually reclaimed.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approxirn,ately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows;
<br />Township 12 South, Range ?4 west, nth PM - all ar parts of Sections 29 - ?2
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 west, nth P - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 3?
<br />Township l3 South, Range 8? west, dth PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7
<br />Township 1? South, Range 9a Nest, 6 PM - all or parks of Sections 1-1 ? and l7
<br />Township 1 ? South, Range 91 Nest, hth P - all or parts of Sections 1- 3 and 11-13
<br />The above-rrientioned tracts of land are shown on I.1SGS 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 tune 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, C? ? 1428; at the Delta and Gunnison Jaunty Planning Departments; and at the Divlslon office. Far
<br />addi?onal information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of l?.eclamatian,lVlining and Safety, Doom 215,
<br />1 ? 1 ? herm,an street, Denver, Colorado $?2?3, ?303? 866-357, In order for us to corraply with regulatory time frames, we
<br />request that comments be submitted within fifteen ?15? days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we wi11
<br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, ar ob?ectians to, the applicant's proposal,
<br />sincerely,
<br />?????
<br />Marcia L. Talvitae
<br />Env?r?nm?ntal Protection p?oia?ist
<br />LTIAhd
<br />office of Office of
<br />Mined l.ar?d reclamation Denver • Grand Junction i Durango Active and ?nactiv? Mines
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