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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<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 />August 16, 2002
<br />Mitchell S. Rollings
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C-1981-018)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 58 ('I'R-58)
<br />RPSA Drainage Control Clarification
<br />Deaz Mr. Rollings:
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Greg E. Walther
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Acting Division Director
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 16, 2002, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Deserado
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This revision application provides modified designs for permanent ditches and specific design information for temporary in
<br />pit ditches at Refuse Area RP-SA.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sectlons 1, 2, 3, 4, 1Q, 11, and 12, T2N, R101 W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County; Portions of Sections 21, 23,
<br />25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101 W, 6th PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33, T3N, R101 W, 6th PM, al] in
<br />Rio Blanco County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Rangely NE & Cactus Reservou.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Rio Blanco County
<br />Courthouse, P.O. Box I, Meeker, CO 81641, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicants proposal.
<br />Sincere) ,
<br />Dan T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/Jrc
<br />C-Ta-03 C1981018 DTM 2002081fi 15041 PM
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