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U.S.oerurcwrrt«nE urtewa <br /> p United States Department of the Interior <br /> ygRCN 3�aa9 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br /> Tres Rios Field Office <br /> 29211 Highway 184 <br /> Dolores, Colorado 81323 <br /> In Reply Refer To: RECEIVED <br /> 3400(COS01000) <br /> COC-78825 AUG 0 7 2020 <br /> JUL 3 o zozo <br /> DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br /> Janet Binns MINING b SAFETY <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist III <br /> Coal Regulatory Program <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br /> 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Dear Ms. Binns: <br /> This is in response to your letter of June 30, 2020,regarding the legal right of entry for GCC Energy to <br /> mine coal in lands. The Dunn Ranch Area Lease was issued on June 10, 2020 after completion of an <br /> environmental assessment and a competitive leasing process. The lease gives GCC Energy LLC the <br /> exclusive rights to all coal within the boundary of the lease. Please note that the lease is for underground <br /> coal mining and lies primarily beneath split estate lands. Surface estate is primarily owned by the Ute <br /> Mountain Ute tribe, with a smaller amount of other private surface owners and a small parcel of BLM <br /> administered surface. The mine plan for the lease is being administered by the Office of Surface Mining <br /> Reclamation and Safety, and included off-lease disturbance,as well as a small area of privately owned <br /> coal. For your convenience a copy of the LR-2000 Serial Register Page which shows that the lease was <br /> issued by the BLM to GCC Energy LLC. A complete set of document pertaining to the environmental <br /> assessment can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/olanning-ui/project/I 18238/570. Figures in this <br /> document show the location of the mine, the pertinent leases, mine permit boundary, and surface <br /> ownership. If you have any questions, please contact James Blair,the Tres Rios Field Office Geologist at <br /> (9870) 882-1135. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Connie Clementson <br /> Tres Rios Field Manager <br /> Attachments: <br /> LR-2000 Serial Register Page <br /> CC (via email): <br /> Marcello Calle, Manager Program Support, OSMRE <br /> Jennifer Maiolo, COSO Coal Program Manager(acting) <br /> John Grasso, CO-921 <br />