2012-10-04_REVISION - C1981022 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 10/4/2012
• Doc Name: Public Notice ‎(Emailed)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Delta County Independent
• Type & Sequence: PR7
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety proposes to Approve Permit Revision
Application No. 7, submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC for a coal mining permit at the Elk Creek
Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022). 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 Elk Creek Mine is located in Delta, Gunnison County, approximately 0 miles North of
Somerset, Colorado. The Underground operation has an anticipated maximum production capacity
of 3,000,000 tons per year. Coal interest is Federal and private, and the surface to be affected is
Federal, state and private land. The permit area encompasses approximately 15,676.51 acres.
This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all
requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34 -33 -101, et seq.,
C.R. S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Copies of the proposed decision, including any stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313
Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder, 501 Palmer
Street, Room 211, Delta, CO 81416. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the
proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the
proposed decision. Such request must be made within thirty (30) days of the initial publication of
this notice, must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request
and the objections to the proposed decision.