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) 866-356
<br />F: (303) 832-8106
<br />March 29, 2010
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I O N OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MIN ING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Gunnison County Con issioners Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />County Con='ssioner Governor
<br />200 E Virginia James B. Martin
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230 Executive Director
<br />Re; Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. - 1981-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 68 (TR -68
<br />Methane Drainage Facility at Elk Creek Fan Bench
<br />Dear County Conunis inner:
<br />The Division ion cf Reclamation, M* and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title , Article ,section ,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 29, 2010, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Elk 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 elate of filing.
<br />with this technical revision, Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to expand the upper Elk Creek Mine Fan bench by approximately
<br />0. 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 minin 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 I'M - all or parts of Sections 2 - 27 and 3 — 36
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 west, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7
<br />Township 13 South, Mange 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 min ute Quadrangle map of Somerset and Bowie.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice irr 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 P h er Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 141.6, Gunnison County Clerk & Recorder, 221 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison,
<br />CO 1230, 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 conunents be
<br />submitted within fifteen 1 days of this letter. If no cornments 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 />Smi crlr,
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<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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