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OXBOW MINING, LLC <br />3737 Hwy 133 P.O. Box 535 Somerset, Colorado 81434 USA Tel (970)929 -5122 Fax <br />(970)929 -5177 <br />October 14, 2011 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Co. 80203 <br />*od <br />00 VI ION <br />Re: Oxbow Mining LLC, Permit No. C- 1981 -022 <br />TR -73 Application for Methane Utilization Facility and Relocation of Alluvial Monitor <br />Well. <br />Dear Mr. Bowles, <br />The purpose of this letter is to request Technical Revision No. 73 to the Oxbow Mining LLC <br />(OMLLC) Permit No. C -1981 -022. This TR provides for 1) construction and operation by North <br />Fork Energy, LLC (NFELLC) of a coal mine methane fueled electricity generator and thermal <br />oxidation facility and 2) relocation of an alluvial monitor well. <br />1. North Fork Energy, LLC (NFELLC) <br />North Fork Energy, LLC. has determined the economic viability of constructing and operating a <br />facility to utilize mine methane from Oxbow's underground mine methane collection system. <br />The location of the facility will be NE of the existing Elk Creek Mine fan. The 1/2 acre facility is <br />independent of the Elk Creek Mine and will utilize BMP's for sediment control. The site will be <br />fenced and operated independently from the rest of the Oxbow Mining operation. <br />2. Relocation of Alluvial Monitor Well EC -14 <br />Construction of the NFELLC facility will obliterate the existing EC -14 updip, alluvial monitor <br />well located along Elk Creek. Included with this TR -73 is the relocation of the monitor well to a <br />location updip and just north of the NFLLC facility. <br />The revision consists of a revised PAP page 2.05 -23c, Exhibit 2.05 -E7, Page 3, Map 2.05 -M1, <br />sheet 3 of 6, General Facilities, and Map 2.04 -M4, sheet 3 of 4, Drainage and Sediment Control <br />Plan. <br />• Page 1 <br />