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In Reply Refer to: <br />COC74911 <br />Dear Interested Party, <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />Uncompahgre Field Office <br />2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />www.co.blm.gov <br />SEP 1 1 2012 <br />To review the EA, FONSI and DR, go to: <br />http: / /www.blm.gov /co /st/en/BLM Information/nepa/ufo.html <br />(scroll to DOI- BLM -CO -5050- 2011 -0036 EA). <br />Enclosure (1) <br />1 — Form 1842 -1 <br />Sincerely, <br />Barbara Sharrow <br />Field Office Manager <br />2„J <br />TAKE PRIDE' <br />JNAM ERICA <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 14 2012 <br />p ion of Reclamation, <br />Mining <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office has released its final <br />Environmental Assessment (EA) and the associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and <br />Decision Record (DR) on the Oxbow Mining, LLC proposed federal coal exploration license <br />COC74911 (a.k.a. Oak Mesa project). Oxbow has applied for exploration drilling encompassing about <br />13,873 acres of federal coal that underlies BLM and private surface lands. The objective of exploring <br />coal deposits is to obtain geological, environmental, and other pertinent data concerning coal deposits <br />(43 CFR 3410.0 -2). Oxbow proposes to drill 43 exploration drill holes on private and federal lands <br />into federal subsurface holdings. The drill holes would result in mostly temporary surface disturbances <br />from road and pad construction affecting about 33 acres. Ten drill holes would require construction of <br />a pad to create level ground for drilling (about 5.0 acres). Occupation (no grading) would occur on all <br />the remaining drill pads (about 16.5 acres). The Oak Mesa project extends from the western edge of <br />the Bowie Mine holdings westward across the mesa to the Leroux Creek area, north of Hotchkiss. The <br />exploration license is in Delta County in Township 13 South, Ranges 92 and 93 West, 6 P.M. <br />Within 30 days of the date of this letter, you have the right of appeal to the Board of Land Appeals, <br />Office of the Secretary, in accordance with the regulations at 43 CFR 4.400. Appeal and stay <br />procedures are out] ined in Form 1842 -1. Thai form is enclosed. <br />