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STATE O
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFffY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 21
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 6-35
<br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106
<br />March 29, 201
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVIS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MIN I ITT r
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<br />Bill R itter, Jr.
<br />I e ty dy ovemor
<br />U.S. Bureau of Laud Management
<br />Uncompahgre Field 1arx�es B. M
<br />Executive Director
<br />2505 S. Townsend Ave.
<br />Montrose, CO 81401
<br />R e: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022)
<br />Technical R Application No. TR-
<br />M thane Drainage Facility at Elk Creek Fan Bench
<br />Dear Mr. Dyer:
<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 29, 20 10, an application to revise coal nmi mi g operations at the
<br />Elk Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow 11�ining, LL C. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />With this techrdc l revision, Oxbow 1 lining, LLC proposes to expand the upper Elk Creek Mine Fan bench by appr xhnately
<br />0 . acres to facilitate completion of a 210' deep, 1 steel cased 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 minin operation is on land located gust north of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />Township 12 South, Range 90 vest, 6th PM - all or parts of S ections 29 — 32
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 west, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 2 - 27 and 3 — 36
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 west, 6th PINT - all or parts of Sections 6 and
<br />Township 13 South, Ravage 90 vest, 6th PI - all or parts of Sections 1 - 12 and 17
<br />Township 1 3 South, Range 91 west, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections I - 3 and 11 - 13
<br />The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on US GS 7. minute Quadrangle map o Somerset erset and Bowie.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time o f
<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 1416, Gunnison County Clerk & Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison,
<br />CO 81230, Pa rria Public Library, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO 8 1428, and at the Division office. For additional information or
<br />to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, n, 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 v itlii n. 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 ap lic nfs proposal,
<br />Sincerely,
<br />.M i a P 4 &4 1 r
<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Envixomnental protection Specialist
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