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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St, Room 215 C O~L O RA D O
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I v l 5[ O N O F
<br /> RAL S
<br />MIN
<br />Phone: (303) 86(x3567 E
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 G E O L O G Y
<br /> 0.EC LAM ATION•MINING
<br /> sAFETY•SCIENCE
<br />February 6, 2004 gill Owens
<br /> Governor
<br />Rio Blanco County Development Dept. R~sseu George
<br />Duector of Planning Executive Director
<br />P.O. Box 599 Ronald W. Cat[any
<br />Meeker CO 81641 Division Director
<br />, Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Deserado 1Yline (Permit No. C-1981-OIS}
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 4 (RN-4}
<br />Dear Rio Blanco County Development Dept.:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Pazagraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 6, 2004, an application to renew an existing permit
<br />to conduct coal mining operations at the Deserado Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate
<br />from this date of filing.
<br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc proposes to continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land
<br />located approximately 7 miles northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The permit area is f[uther described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, T2N, R101W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County; Portions of
<br />Sections 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101 W, 6th PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33,
<br />T3N, R101 W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USG5 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rangely NE.
<br />Blue Mountain Energy has submitted a permit renewal application for the Deserado Mine. The application was
<br />submitted on January 29, 2004, prior to the January 29th deadline, guaranteeing the operator the right of successive
<br />renewal. Permit Renewal No. 4 will renew the mining permit from July 2004'through July 2009.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, P.O.
<br />Box I, Meeker, CO 81641. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Roon•.215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty days (30) after the Jast public notice in the Rio Blanco FJerald-
<br />Times.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />James R. Stazk
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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