2011-04-18_REVISION - C1981022 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 4/18/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Delta County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: TR70
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
April 18, 2011
COLORADO
D I V I S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
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SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
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Executive Director
Delta County Commissioners
County Commissioner
501 Palmer, Suite 227
Delta, CO 81416
Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022)
Technical Revision Application No. 70 (TR-70)
Vessels Coal Gas Inc. Borehole Proposal
Dear Sir or Madam:
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 18, 2011 an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Elk Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
initiate from this date of filing.
With this Technical Revision, Oxbow Mining, LLC is providing documentation to the Division about a Vessels
Coal Gas Inc. methane gas borehole proposal. The methane gas borehole would be located at the former Sanborn
Creek fansite pad within OMLLC's permit area. The borehole would be used to recover methane from the
abandoned and sealed Sanborn Creek Mine workings. The operator has requested no new disturbed acreage with
this revision application.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located just north of Somerset, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 29 - 32
Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36
Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7
Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 1 - 12 and 17 - --?'-? - -?__
Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 1 - 3 and 11 - 13
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset and Bowie.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
At the tine of t us notice, he t applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
the Delta County Clerk and Recorder, 501 Palmer Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office.
For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone].
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