|
STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106
<br />January 30, 2014
<br />Anna Smith
<br />Rio Blanco County Planning Dept.
<br />County Planner
<br />P.O. Box 599
<br />Meeker, CO 81641
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -018)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN -6)
<br />Dear Rio Blanco County Planning Dept.:
<br />COLORADO
<br />ID IV I S I O N O F
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />John W. Hickenlooper
<br />Governor
<br />Mike King
<br />Executive Director
<br />Loretta E. Pineda
<br />Director
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
<br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 30, 2014,
<br />an application to renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Deserado Mine
<br />was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided
<br />in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc proposes to continue Underground coal mining and /or reclamation
<br />operations on land located approximately 7 miles Northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, T2N, R10 1W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County;
<br />Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, RlO1W, 6th
<br />PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33, T3N, R101W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County..
<br />The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle
<br />map(s): Rangely Ne.
<br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc has submitted an application for successive renewal of a valid, existing
<br />permit to conduct underground mining and reclamation activities in Colorado pursuant of C.R. S
<br />34 -33 -101, et seq.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Rio Blanco County
<br />Commissioners, P.O. Box I, Meeker, CO 81641. For additional information, to provide written
<br />comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
<br />Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866 -3567, within thirty
<br />days (30) after the last public notice in the Rio Blanco Herald - Times.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
<br />
|