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to access, first, the C seam and, then, ramp down to the B seam. Most of the production would come from the B seam. This proposal was presented in the form of Permit Revision No. 1 (PR -01) submitted to the Division on 4 June 1990 and approved on 27 March 1991. The permit area was increased by 962 acres to a total of 3,737 acres, 1,608 acres of which were private land and 2,129 acres of which were federal land. Of the 962 -acre increase in the permit area, 796 acres were private land and 169 acres were federal land. Pen -nit Revision No. 2 (PR -02) was submitted to the Division on 13 April 1992. The operator proposed to add the Sanborn East Federal Coal Tract to the Sanborn Creek Mine plan. The Division approved the permit revision, with a stipulation, on 25 September 1992. The stipulation, Stipulation No. 12, required the mine plan approval from the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to be in place for coal lease COC -53510 before the permit revision could receive final approval. The Division received OSM approval on 19 March 1993, and final approval of Permit Revision No. 2 was issued. This revision increased the permit area by 1,792 acres, 70 acres were private land and 1,722 acres were federal land. The total acreage of the permit area was now 5,529 acres, 1,678 acres of which was private land and 3,851 acres of which was federal land. On 12 April 1993, Somerset Mining Company submitted an application for renewal of a valid, existing permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit Renewal 02 (RN -02) for Permit No. C -81 -022. The application was deemed complete on the same day (12 April 1993). The permit renewal process was completed on 22 October 1993. The new permit term started on 11 October 1993 and ended on 11 October 1998. The permit was transferred from Somerset Mining Company to Pacific Basin Resources on 31 August 1995 through Succession of Operator No. 2. At that time, the name of the mine was changed from the Somerset/Sanborn Creek Mine to the Sanborn Creek Mine. Permit Revision No. 3 was submitted to the Division on 13 May 1996. With the submittal of this revision the operator requested to increase the permit area by 3,518 acres, to a total of 9,047 acres. Of the total permit acreage, 3,553 acres were private land and 5,494 acres were federal land. Of the total increase in acreage, 1,875 acres were on private land and 1,643 acres were on federal land. The increase in acreage was to incorporate the acquisition of the 160 -acre Eastern Lease Modification, and a permit boundary adjustment. Mining would continue in the B coal seam. The permit revision was approved on 14 October 1996, with stipulations numbers 21, 22 and 23 attached. All three stipulations were satisfied. Succession of Operator No. 3 transferred the permit from Pacific Basin Resources to Oxbow Carbon & Minerals, Inc. This transfer was approved on 20 February 1997. The permit was transferred from Oxbow Carbon & Minerals, Inc. to Oxbow Mining, Inc. on 23 January 1998 with Succession of Operator No. 4. Oxbow Mining, Inc. submitted an application for Permit Renewal 03 (RN -03) on 13 March 1998, thereby securing the right of successive renewal for the Sanborn Creek Mine. The Division deemed the submittal complete on 23 March 1998. The Division's adequacy review letter was dated 30 July 1999. Because the operator chose to rewrite and reorganize the entire Sanborn Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mine -3- July 7, 2011