2019-04-22_REVISION - C1981018

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/22/2019
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Response
• From: Blue Mountain Energy
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN7
• Email Name: CCW
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Item #14 Response:
No action required.
Rule 2.05.5 — Post -mining Land Uses
15. Letters from the current landowners approving/authorizing the post -mining land
use were not found in the permit. These letters are required by Rule 2.05.5(2)(b).
Please verify where these letters are in the permit or submit a copy of these letters
for inclusion into the permit.
Item #15 Response:
A brief statement was incorporated into the beginning of Section II.J to address
this issue.
Rule 2.05.6 — Mitigation of Impacts of Mining
16. Rule 2.05.6(4) — Protection of Public Parks and Historical Places. Please ensure
that the information provided in Section IV.N of the permit is up to date. Include
any changes to existing cultural resources and any new ones discovered since the
last renewal. Please also include any new sites that are potentially eligible for
protection.
Item #16 Response:
There have been no new eligible sites identified, or existing sites modified, since
the permitting action identified as PR -8 in 2013 was completed. Subsequent surveys
have not identified any new eligible sites. The most recent list of sites, both eligible and
not eligible are referenced in Section II.A. A reference to Section II.A has been added to
Section IV.N.
Rule 2.07.7 — Conditions of Permits
17. Stipulation No. 50 of the permit currently requires the Deserado Mine to do the
following; IF OPERATOR DISCOVERS ANY CULTURAL REMAINS,
MONUMENTS OR SITES, OR ANY OBJECT OF ANTIQUITY, OPERATOR
SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE ACTIVITY AND REPORT DIRECTLY TO
BLM AREA MANAGER. THE BLM SHALL TAKE ACTION AS REQUIRED
UNDER THE ACTS AND REGULATIONS. OPERATOR SHALL FOLLOW
MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY BLM CONCERNING
PROTECTION, PRESERVATION OR DISPOSITION OF ANY SITES OR
MATERIAL DISCOVERED. COST OF SALVAGE EXCAVATION, IF
NECESSARY, SHALL BE BORNE BY THE OPERATOR UNLESS
OTHERWISE STATED. The Division recommends submitting a Minor Revision
to insert this language into the PAP (Section II.A). This action will allow the
Division to terminate the stipulation on the permit.
Item #17 Response:
This language was added to the Subsidence Related Archeological Monitoring
Plan Cover Page located in Section II.A as requested.
18. Stipulation No. 51 of the permit currently requires the Deserado Mine to do the
following; IN ORDER TO PROTECT IMPORTANT SEASONAL WILDLIFE
HABITAT (BIG GAME, SEVERE WINTER RANGE), EXPLORATION,
DRILLING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY MAY NOT BE