2011-04-18_REVISION - C1981022 (6)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 COLORADO Phone: (303) 866-3567 D I V I S I ON O F RECLAMATION FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING SAFETY John W. Hickenlooper April 18, 2011 Governor Mike King Arch Crouse Executive Director Colorado Dept of Public Health/ Environment Loretta E. Pineda Air Pollution Control Division Director 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80222-1530 Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-022) Technical Revision Application No. 70 (TR-70) Vessels Coal Gas Inc. Borehole Proposal Dear Mr. Crouse: 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 'l-le tine of p-aoilcaLiuii of Lills Notice, the appllcai-A 16 Li al wo-nally regl iTu-d' to place a copy of L1llJ 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, (303) 866-3567. Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines