APPCOR13450

• Permit No: C1981053
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 8/21/1984
• From: MLRD
• To: FIDEL LOBATO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR
COAL MINING IN COLORADO
BLUE FLAME COAL COMPANY, INC. P.O. Box 1425, Durango, Colorado 81301,
[phone] has filed, with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division,
an application for a permit to conduct coal mining under provisions of the
Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The legal description
of the proposed mine is as follows:
Property described as the West 400 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter (NEl/4 NEl/4) and in and under the Northwest Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter (NWl/4 NEl/4) of Section Thirty-one (31),
Township Thirty-five (35) North Range Eleven (1) West, N.M.P.M.
together with the right to use the private road now existing over and
across the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NWl/4 NWl/4) of
SEction Thirty-two (32) and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter
(Nl/2 NE1/4) of Section Thirty-one (31) and the Southwest Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter (SW1/4 SEl/4) of Section Thirty (30), all in
Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Eleven (1) West, N.M.P.M. to the
public highway located in Hay Gulch.
The surface of the proposed permit area is owned by Lawrence Huntington and
the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe. The proposed date of commencement of the
operation is September 1, 1984. The description below indicates the town,
water bodies, local landmarks and routes necessary to readily identify the
proposed permit area. The proposed post-mining use of the affected land is
livestock grazing.
The mine site may be reached by heading south from Hesperus on State
Highway 140 (about 3.4 miles) to the junction of La Plata County Road
120. Follow the County Road West for 5.6 miles in Hay Gulch. At that
point, an unpaved road (access road) leads southernly for about 1200
feet putting one at the Blue Flame Coal Mine site. USGS Hesperus,
Colorado quadrangle map contains the described area of the proposed
operation.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the La Plata
County Courthouse 1060 2nd Avenue, Durango, Colorado 81301. Written
comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference on the
application may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from the
Mined Land Reclamation Division, Room 423, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
Colorado 80203 [phone]. Written comments, objections, or requests for
an informal conference must be filed at the Division by 5:00 P.M. on
* Insert here the date which will be 30 days after the last day of the
required four consecutive weeks of publication.
/baw
Doc. No. 3629