PERMFILE113074

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/10/2004
• Doc Name: Elk Creek Coal Lease Hydrologic Reassessment Study
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 2.04-E4 Part 13
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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January 21, 2004
Uncompahgre Field Office Manager
Bureau of Land Management
2505 South Townsend Avenue
Montrose, CO 81401
District Ranger
USFS, Paonia Ranger District
P.O. Box 1030
Paonia, CO 81428

Re: Oxbow Mining, LLC., Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease COC 61357, Special
Stipulation, Section 15 (del) Water Replacement Plan,
Plan Update and Summary
To Whom It May Concern:
~ In compliance with Section 15(d)(1) of the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease COC61357,
Oxbow Mining, LLC (OMLLC) has developed a water replacement plan to replace the
possible loss of water resulting from mining activity authorized under the lease. The
final version of the plan is dated April 15, 2003.
This plan, and later agency correspondence, committed OMLLC to the performance of
certain measures, including reassessment of the hydrologic resources of the Elk Creek
coal lease and the assessment of potential future monitoring needs for "high value"
hydrologic resources.
OMLLC believes that this record of correspondence and field activities subsequent to the
approval of the April 15, 2003 plan are de-facto elements of the overall water
replacement plan.
The purpose of this letter is to summarize the record subsequent to the submittal of the
plan and, in doing so, incorporate this record by reference as elements of the overall plan
itself.
• April 15, 2003 -Submittal of the Elk Creek Lease Water Replacement Plan.
• By letter dated May 13, 2003, the Bureau of Land Management approved the
April 15, 2003 plan subject to OMLLC's agreeing to seven (7) conditions.
• By letter dated May 16, 2003 OMLLC provided written concurrence with the
. seven conditions.
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