2012-10-04_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981022

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C- 1981 -022 PR -7 Findings October 4, 2012 Tntrodnctinn This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) for the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mines (Permit C- 1981 -022). This document includes updated findings for all previous permitting actions in addition to: 1) the proposed decision to approve the Permit Revision No. 7 application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the Permit Revision No. 7 application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct underground coal mining and reclamation operations at the aforementioned mine. Permit Revision #7 was submitted on May 29, 2012 to incorporate the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease COC -70615 and to extend the mine plan into the lease area. The application was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC, the operator of the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek Mines. The mine is located on federal and private lands within Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM Sec. 29: S' /2SW' /4, SW' /4SE' /4 Sec. 30: S' /2S' /2 Sec. 31: All Sec. 32: All Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. 25: S' /2S' /2 Sec. 26: S' /2S' /2 Sec. 27: SE' /4SE' /4 Sec. 34: Lots 8, 9, 15, 16, E' /2NE' /4 Sec. 35: All Sec. 36: All Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM Sec. 6: Lots 17, 21, 22 Sec. 7: Lots 1, 2, and 3 North of the Centerline of the River