2012-06-06_REVISION - C1981022 ‎(9)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/6/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: OSM & BLM
• Type & Sequence: PR7
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 6, 2012
Foster Kirby
Office of Surface Mining
Western Regional Coordinating Center
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
Denver, CO 80202
Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022)
Permit Revision Application No. 7 (PR -7)
PR -7 COC -70615 Coal Lease Addition and mine plan modification.
Dear Mr. Kirby:
COLORADO
Q I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 6, 2012, an
application to revise coal mining operations at the Elk Creek Mine was considered complete for the
purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
initiate from this date of filing.
The PR -7 application is being submitted to incorporate the Elk Creek East Federal Coal Lease
COC -70615 into the permit. Originally, COC -70615 was included in the PR -6 application
submitted in August of 2011. PR -6 provided for Federal Coal Lease Modification COC -61357
Tract 5 and COC- 70615. Lease Modification COC -61357 was approved first and it was unclear as
to when COC -70615 would be approved. PR -6 was then modified to exclude COC -70615 so
development work could begin in the approved area, COC- 61357. On May 15, 2012, Oxbow won
the competitive bid for Lease COC-70615 and PR -7 was then submitted to the Division to
incorporate it into the permit.
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
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines