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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION ION FRECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of N atural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman t., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106
<br />March 29, 2010
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<br />DIVI S ION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Shannon V. Johnson Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />avernor
<br />Division of water Resources James B. Martin
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 Executive Director
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />Re: Elk Creek AUne Permit No. - 1981 -022)
<br />Technical Revision Application loo. (T R-68)
<br />Methane drainage Facility at Elk Creek Fan Bench
<br />Dear Ms. Johnson:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 3, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 29, 2010, an application to revise coal nuinin operations at the
<br />Elk Creep Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, 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 teclndcal revision, Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to expand the upper Ells Creek Mine Pan bench by approximately
<br />0. acres to facilitate completion of a 21 ' 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 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 o f Sections 2 — 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 P11r1- 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 reap 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 infcnnation
<br />or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, 1 u* u' tg and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Deaver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866 - 3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within l;iftn 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 applicants proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />A; b4d P, 43 ^41
<br />Michael P. Bulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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