DELTA COUNTY
<br />REGEIveD
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
<br />Notary Public
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416 Division
<br />Mining
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly
<br />newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty-two consecu-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one con-
<br />secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated December 5th, A.D., 2012,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated December 5th, A.D., 2012.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />5th day of December, A.D., 2012.
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<br />General manager of said Delta County Independent
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for the
<br />County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 5th day of December A.D.,
<br />2012.
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<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION
<br />& Safety The Colorado Division of Reclama-
<br />tion, Mining and Safety proposes
<br />to Approve Technical Revision
<br />Application No: 70 1TR-701 for the
<br />Elk Creek Mine (Pernik No. C-1981-
<br />022), submitted by Oxbow Mining,
<br />LLC. With this Technical Revision,
<br />Oxbow Mining, LLC is providing
<br />documentation . to the - Division
<br />about a Vessels Coal Gas Inc:meth-
<br />ane gas borehole proposal. The
<br />'methane gas borahole be lo-
<br />Cated aOhe former Sanborn Creek
<br />fansite pad within OMLLC's
<br />area. The borehole would-be used
<br />to recover methane from the abaft=
<br />doned and sealed Sanborn Creek
<br />Mine workings. -The =operator has
<br />requested no new disturbed acre-
<br />age with this revision application.
<br />The Elk Creek Mine is Nan Under-,
<br />ground coal mine located in Delta
<br />and Gunnison Counties; aPproxi-
<br />mately 0 miles N of Somerset, Col-
<br />orado. Coal interest is Federal and
<br />private and the surface affected is
<br />Federal, state and private land. The
<br />permit area encompasses approxi-
<br />mately 15,676.51 acres. -
<br />This proposed decision is based
<br />on a finding that the .proposed
<br />operation will comply with all re-
<br />quirements of the Colorado Sur-
<br />face Coal Mining Reclamation Act,
<br />Section 34-33-101, at 'seq., C.R.S.,
<br />and the regulations -promulgated
<br />thereunder: -1 -
<br />Copiee'of the _proposed deciaion,
<br />including stipulations, are on file
<br />for public in -at the Colo-
<br />rado Division of Reclamation, Min-
<br />ing and Safety, Room 215, Centen-
<br />nial Building, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Denver, Color 80203. Persons
<br />with an interest that may be ad-
<br />versely affeeted IWithe -proposed
<br />decision :may request fertel
<br />hearing before ,7 .the ; -Land
<br />Reelariiitiiin `Board -, tin the pro-
<br />_ . ,
<br />posed decision. Such,reenest must
<br />be made Withinte0101 401 of the
<br />initial publication f ; 1hs notice,
<br />-must be in Writing, eiip14
<br />with reasonibleenetififfiThe Ma-
<br />sons for request and the
<br />iens iliiproperecThiCistim.
<br />Published 16 the 'Delta County
<br />IndependeniDeiCember 5, 2012.
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