2011-12-01_REVISION - C1981022 (4)

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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Deriver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866 -3567 FAX: (303) 832 -8106 December 1, 2011 Gunnison County Commissioners County Commissioner 200 E Virginia Gunnison, CO 81230 Dear Sir or Madam The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset. Mined Land Reclamation STATE OF COLORADO COLORADO D I V I S I O N O F RECLAMATION MINING — &— SAFETY John W. Hickenlooper Governor Mike King Executive Director Loretta E. Pineda Director Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022) Technical Revision Application No. 73 (TR - 73) Construct and Operate Methane Fueled Electricity Generator and Relocation of Alluvial Monitoring Well. 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 December 1, 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. Oxbow Mining, LLC (OMLLC) and North Fork Energy, LLC are proposing to construct and operate a coal mine methane fueled electrical generator and a thermal oxidation facility at the Elk Creek Mine. The electrical generating facility will utilize the methane drainage borehole at the mine site previously approved in Technical Revision 68. This revision also proposes the relocation of alluvial monitoring well EC -14 to accommodate the new facility. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles 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 applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the 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, (303) 866 -3567. Office of Office of Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines