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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />June 6, 2012 <br />Executive Director <br />Western Slope Environmental Resource Council <br />P.O. Box 1612 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022) <br />Revision: PR -7 <br />PR -7 COC -70615 Coal Lease Addition and mine plan modification. <br />Dear Ms. Sauter: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has received a revision for the Elk Creek Mine. The <br />revision was called complete on June 6, 2012. The decision due date is October 4, 2012. <br />The PR -7 application is being submitted to incorporate the Elk Creek East Federal Coal Lease COC -70615 <br />into the permit. Originally, COC -70615 was included in the PR -6 application submitted in August of 2011. <br />PR -6 provided for Federal Coal Lease Modification COC -61357 Tract 5 and COC- 70615. Lease <br />Modification COC -61357 was approved first and it was unclear as to when COC -70615 would be approved. <br />PR -6 was then modified to exclude COC -70615 so development work could begin in the approved area, <br />COC- 61357. On May 15, 2012, Oxbow won the competitive bid for Lease COC -70615 and PR -7 was then <br />submitted to the Division to incorporate it into the permit. <br />This revision is available for review at the Paoma Public Library, 2 Third Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428. <br />Pertinent portions of the permit application are available electronically on our web site: <br />http://-,v The permit number is C- 1981 -022 and the IBM <br />index class is "Revision ". Documents can be sorted by name or by Section /Exhibit number. A user's <br />guide for our imaging system is also available in pdf format at the same web address. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />4 a 4 - -L <br />Brock F. Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />