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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman S[., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />OLORADO
<br />I V I S I O N O F
<br />IIN SRALS
<br />EOLOGY
<br />GIANATION•NINING
<br />SAFETY•SCIENCE
<br /> Bill Owens
<br /> Governor
<br />February 6, 2004 Russell George
<br /> Executive Director
<br />Jim Green Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Colorado Historical Society
<br />The Colorado History Museum Division Director
<br />Natural ResoGrce rm:tee
<br />1300 Broadway
<br />Denver. CO 80203
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C-1981-018)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 4 I(RN-4)
<br />Deaz Mr. Green:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 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 opemtions on land
<br />located approximately 7 miles northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The permit area is further 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 USGS 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 />Because the above-referenced permit renewal application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area
<br />or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we aze requesting your
<br />agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources.
<br />In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
<br />your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a fmding that "the proposed
<br />operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing,
<br />as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and
<br />the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit
<br />comments regarding your concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to this proposal. In order that we may
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