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<br /> STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman 6t., Room 215
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 MINERAL S
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FA%: 1303) 832-8106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> 0.EC LA NATION
<br />August 28, 2001 {PRNATE } MINING • S A F E T Y
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<br />Rio Blanco County Commissioners Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />County Commissioner Greg E. Walther
<br />P.O. Box I Ezeculive Dvector
<br />Meeker
<br />CO 81641 Michael B. Long
<br />, Division Director
<br />Re: Deserado Miue (Permit No. C-1981-018)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 4 (PR-4)
<br />Removal of Railroad from Permit Area & Limitation oo Volume of Temporary Refuse Stockpile
<br />Dear Rio Blanco County Commissioners:
<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 August 27, 2001, a permit revision application for a permit
<br />to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1981-OIS by Blue Mountain Energy, Inc, was considered
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal
<br />Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
<br />Mining initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This permit revision application would remove cwrently permitted portions of the Deserado Rail line and loadout
<br />loop facilities from the permit area. The revision also specifies a maximum quantity of refuse to be stored in the
<br />temporary stockpile at the refuse disposal site.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 7 miles northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 1 L, and 12, T2N, RI01 W, 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, RI O T W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps ofRangely N.E. and Cactus
<br />Reservov.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Town Clerk's Office, Rangely Town
<br />Hall, and at the Division Office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Rangely Trmes.
<br />Sincerely, 1 ~/
<br />I '~ i
<br />C' ~' ~
<br />Dan T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-PR•03 C1981018 DTM 10010878 10376 PM
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