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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 5, 2010
<br />Carl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202
<br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 67 (TR-67)
<br />2010 Exploration Borehole Plan
<br />Dear Mr. Johnston:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />James B. Martin
<br />Executive Director
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 5, 2010, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Elk
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />With this technical revision, Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to conduct a 2010 exploration borehole drilling program. This TR
<br />provides for a plan for the installation of temporary light use roads and drilling of nine (9) exploration boreholes on the current
<br />Elk Creek Mine Permit Area. The operator has requested 3.91 acres of new disturbed area with this revision application.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located just north of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 29 - 32
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7
<br />Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 1 - 12 and 17
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 1 - 3 and 11 - 13
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map 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 time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Delta County Clerk &
<br />Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 81416, Gunnison County Clerk & Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison,
<br />CO 81230, Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or
<br />to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />ichael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-I t,C6?aio22_MPS_03052010105s3s.doo Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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