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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 />Deriver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567
<br />FAX. (303) 832 -8106
<br />March 29, 2010
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S 10 N OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MININ
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bit[ Ritter, Jr.
<br />Carl J bnston Governor
<br />Office of Surface Minin
<br />Eames B.
<br />western Tonal Coordinating Center Martin
<br />Executive Director
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202
<br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 68 T - 8
<br />Methane Drainage Facility at Elk Creek Fan Bench
<br />Dear NIA Johnston:
<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 Devised Statutes, that on March 29, 2010, an application to revise coal minin operations at the
<br />Elk Creep 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 expand the upper Elk Creek Mire Fan bench by approximately
<br />0.1 acres to facilitate completion of a 210' deep, 18" steel eased methane drainage borehole and construction of a twin electric
<br />driven methane exhauster system. The operator has requested no new disturbed acreage with this revision application.
<br />The underground coal roil g 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 2 — 32
<br />Township 12 South, lange 91 west, 6th PSI - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 — 36
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 west, 6th PSI -- 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 - 1
<br />The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 nminute 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 Cleric & Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison,
<br />CO 81230, Paonia Public Library, 2 Thin 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 1 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 />M 1 ,
<br />Michael P. Boula
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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