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STATE OF COLOlZADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />132 3 Sherman $4, Room 21 S
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />September 13, 2002
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Carl Johnston sill Owens
<br />Office of Surface Mining covemor
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center Greg E. Walther
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<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Execrtlive Director
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733 Ronald W. Ca[tany
<br />Acing Division Director
<br />Re: Sanborn Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1951-022)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 40 (TR-40)
<br />TR-40, Modification to Reclamation Plan
<br />Dear Mr. Johnston:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colomdo Revised Statutes, that on September 13, 2002, an application [o revise coal mining operations at the Sanborn
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Oxbow Mining, LLC. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Ac[ and [he Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Oxbow Mining LLC requests a change in the reclamation plan to include modification of seed mix.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 0 miles North of Somerset. The permit azea is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />Portions of Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections 34, 35 and 36, Township 12 South, Range 9l West;
<br />Portions of Sections ], 2, 3, 4, 5, all of 6 and 7, Portions North of the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Sections 8, 9, 10,
<br />portions of Sections 11, 12, and 17, Township 13 South, Range 90 West;
<br />Portions of Sections I-3, 11-13, Township ] 3 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Somerset.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Delta County
<br />Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3562 In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on [he assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely /
<br />im R. Burnell
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />JRB/Ahd
<br />C-TR-03 C1981022 JRB 20020913 25621 PM
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