2013-03-27_REVISION - C1981022 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/27/2013
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN6
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
ID IV I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
March 27, 2013
John .
G vernoHickenlooper
Mike King
Patt Dorsey Executive Director
SW Regional Wildlife Manager Loretta E. Pineda
Colorado Division of Wildlife Director
SW Regional Service Center
415 Turner Drive
Durango, CO 81303
Re: Elk Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -022)
Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN -6)
Dear Ms. Dorsey:
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 March 27, 2013, an
application to renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Elk Creek 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.
Oxbow Mining, LLC proposes to continue Underground coal mining and /or reclamation
operations on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, Colorado. The permit area is
further described as follows:
Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 29 - 32 Township 12 South,
Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 25 - 27 and 34 - 36 Township 13 South, Range 89
West, 6th PM - all or parts of Sections 6 and 7 Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM - all or
parts of Sections 1 - 12 and 17 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM - all or parts of
Sections 1 - 3 and 11 - 13
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
Oxbow Mining, LLC submitted an application for a permit renewal (RN -6) at the Elk Creek and
Sanborn Creek Mines. The application for RN -6 was received more than 180 -days prior to the
permit expiration date therefore retaining their right of successive renewal. This permit renewal
does not propose changes to the permit boundary, disturbance boundary, affected area or the
current mine plan.
Because the above referenced permit renewal application would incorporate additional lands into
the permit area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines