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In Reply Refer to: COC74911
<br />Dear Interested Party,
<br />Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M.
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<br />United States Department of the
<br />Interior
<br />Bureau of Land Management
<br />Uncompahgre Field Office
<br />2465 South Townsend Avenue
<br />Montrose, Colorado 81401
<br />S P 1 o 2011
<br />The Bureau of Land Management, Uncompahgre Field Office (BLM), is seeking input on
<br />a proposed coal exploration license on public and private lands. On May 6, 2011 pursuant
<br />to regulations in 43 CFR 3410.2 -1, Oxbow Mining LLC submitted a Federal Coal
<br />Exploration License application to the Colorado State Director of the BLM. BLM is
<br />charged with administration of the mineral estate on these Federal lands, and is required,
<br />by law, to consider leasing Federally -owned minerals for economic recovery. The
<br />purpose of this action is to allow exploration drilling of about 13,873 acres of federal coal
<br />that underlies BLM and private surface lands. The need for the application is to explore
<br />coal deposits to obtain geological, environmental, and other pertinent data concerning
<br />coal deposits (43 CFR 3410.0 -2). The two year exploration license would be located on
<br />Oak Mesa north of Hotchkiss in Delta County, Colorado, within the following
<br />approximate legal locations:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 93 West, 6th P.M.
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<br />Of the approximately 13,873 acres of surface lands within the proposed project area, 68%
<br />(9,407 acres) of this surface is privately owned, and 32% (4,466 acres) are managed by
<br />the BLM. The proposed project occurs mostly on lands with private surface ownership
<br />that are underlain by BLM subsurface ownership. Activities planned would impact a
<br />small fraction of the 13,873 acres within the proposed coal exploration license area.
<br />Proposed disturbances include the drilling of 43 exploration holes, totaling 36 acres. of
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