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/ Y ~ III III III IIIIIII III <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br /> <br />Depanmem of Natural Resource, ~F «~ <br />So <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Si.. Room 215 ~' <br />Denver. CO 60203 ~ i - ~ <br />303 666 3557 ~-" _ <br />• <br />FA X. 303 832 6136 '~aic' <br /> Roy Rom:•~ <br /> Gove~no~ <br /> Fietl H Banta <br /> Grv~s~on Greao~ <br />January 76, 1990 <br />Mr. Robert Lobato <br />Blue Flame Coal Company <br />Southbridge East <br />6130 South Memorial <br />Tulsa, OK 74133 <br />RE: Blue Flame Mine Midterm Review, File No. C-81-053 <br />Dear Mr. Lobato: <br />Pursuant to Ruie 2.08.3 of the Rules and Regulations, the Division is to <br />"review each permit issued and outstanding under these rules, not later than <br />the middle of the permit term." After this midterm review, the Division may <br />require revisions or modifications to the permit to insure continued permit <br />compliance and to reflect the current status of the mine. Additionally, <br />pursuant to Rule 3.02.2(4), the Division is to "review the amount of the bond <br />required for the permit area at the time permit reviews are conducted <br />under 2.08.3." The current Blue Flame tdine Permit was issued nn September 1, <br />1987 fora five year term. Therefore, the midterm of this permit is March 1, <br />1990. <br />During the course of our review we have reviewed the oermit application, <br />adequacy letters and responses, revisions to the permit, inspection reports <br />and enforcement actions, and reclamation cost calculations. In conducting the <br />bond review, we utilized-.field measurements and aerial photography taken by <br />the Division personnel to verify c^eratcr submitted maps and estimates, The <br />enclosed document is the Division's Midterm Review for the Blue Flame t4ine. <br />The review contains five sections: <br />A. Section I. - History <br />B. Section II. - Revisions to the Permit <br />C. Section III. - Permit Variances and Exemptions <br />D. Section IV, - Decision to Require Revisions <br />E, Section V. - Bonding Summary <br />