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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION F RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 21
<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 ION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MIN ICI I I
<br />S AFETY
<br />Kelly Yeager BiII Ritter, Jr.
<br />Delta County Planning Department Governor
<br />Planning Director James B. Markin
<br />501 Palmer, Suite 227 Executive Director
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />R: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981 -022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 68 (TR- 8
<br />Methane Drainage inage Facility at Elk Creek Fan Bench
<br />Dear Ms. Yeager:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, l�rlinin and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 3, Article 3 Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4 , of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 29, 2010, an application to revise coal nn'=' g operations at the
<br />E lk Creek dine 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 slate of filing.
<br />With this technical revision, Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to expand the upper Elk Creek Mine Fan bench by approximately
<br />0.1 acres to facilitate completion of a 210' deep, 18" 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 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 harts of Sections 29 — 3
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 west, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 2 - 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 1 3 South, Range 91 west, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 1 - 3 and 11 - 1
<br />The above - mentioned tracts of lard are shown on USGS 7 .5 minute Quadrangle neap 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 c
<br />Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 1416, Gunnison County Clerk & Recorder, 2211. Wisconsin, Gunnison,
<br />CO 81230, Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional infonmation or
<br />to provide written conunents, contact the Division of Reclaymation 11�Iini and Safety, Roo 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 continents 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 />M 1
<br />Michael P. Boulay
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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