2013-02-08_REVISION - C1992080 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1992080
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 2/8/2013
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN4
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 8, 2013
Foster Kirby
Office of Surface Mining
Western Regional Coordinating Center
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
Denver, CO 80202
Re: Carbon Junction Mine (Permit No. C- 1992 -080)
Permit Renewal Application No. 4 (RN -4)
Dear Mr. Kirby:
COLORADO
ID I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article
33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 8, 2013, an application to
renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Carbon Junction Mine was considered
complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface
Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
The applicant Oakridge Energy, Inc., proposes to continue Surface coal reclamation operations on land
located approximately 2 miles Southeast of Durango, Colorado. The permit area is further described as
follows:
Portions of Section 33, Township 34.5 N, Range 9 West; portions of Section 33, Township 35 North, Range
9 West; and portions of Section 4, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian.
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Durango East and
Loma Linda.
The operator of this inactive mine requests renewal of the mining and reclamation permit. No increases in
mined area or surface area are proposed.
A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the La Plata County Clerk and
Recorder, 98 Everett St., Suite C, Durango, CO 81303, and at the Division office. For additional
information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
(303) 866 -3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the The Durango Herald.
Sincerely,
`1 �lC'LtL ;�t0gti'
Marcia L. Talvitie, P.E.
Environmental Protection Specialist
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines