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BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW,AND ORDER <br /> IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL OF AN OFFICE <br /> DECISION TO APPROVE THE NOTICE OF INTENT OF TALLAHASSEE <br /> RESOURCES, LLC, File No. P-2023-015 <br /> THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") on <br /> January 17, 2024, to consider the administrative appeal by objector Skip Blades <br /> ("Objector") of the Division's approval of an application for a Notice of Intent to <br /> Conduct Prospecting Operations filed by Tallahassee Resources, LLC ("Applicant"), <br /> file number P-2023-015. Andrew Farrier, Tim Brown, and Joe Middleton, Esq. <br /> appeared on behalf of Applicant. Jeff Parsons, Esq. and Mr. Blades appeared on <br /> behalf of Objector. Senior Assistant Attorney General Scott Schultz, Tim Cazier, and <br /> Michael Cunningham, appeared on behalf of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br /> Safety ("Division" or "Office"). <br /> The Board, having considered the parties' presentations and having been <br /> otherwise fully informed of the facts in the matter, hereby enters the following: <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> 1. Applicant filed a Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting Operations <br /> number P-2023-015 ("NOI") on July 5, 2023 (the "Application"). Located in Section <br /> 21, Township 17 South, Range 73 West, 6th Principal Meridian in Fremont County, <br /> the site is a 4.5-acre uranium prospecting site known as the Tallahassee Resources <br /> Exploration. <br /> 2. On July 5, 2023, the Division received the Application for an NOI and <br /> posted the Application (which was not confidential) on the Division's website, with <br /> the public comment period ending on July 19, 2023. <br /> 3. On July 10, 2023, the Division sent Applicant a notice of an incomplete <br /> NOI application. <br /> 4. At the close of the public comment period on July 19, 2023, the <br /> Division received one timely comment from Skip Blades. <br /> 5. On August 3, 2023, Applicant provided the Division with a response to <br /> the notice of additional information in a response to the Division's notice of <br /> incomplete NOI application. <br />