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Introduction
<br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
<br />Geology (the Division) for the Deserado Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed
<br />decision to approve with stipulations the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which
<br />includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment
<br />affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the
<br />written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface
<br />Coal Mining Rechunation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance
<br />can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
<br />Mining.
<br />The Division has received an application for a renewal to a permit to conduct surface coal
<br />mining and rechunation operations at the Deserado Mine. The application was submitted by
<br />Western Fuels-Utah, Incorporated, the operator of the mine. The mine is located on federal
<br />and private lands within Rio BLinco County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands
<br />included within the permit area is:
<br />Townshi~2 North. Range 101 West of the 6th Principal Meridian
<br />Section 1: SW1/4, S1/2 NW1/4, Nl/2 SEl/4, SWl/4 NEl/4, W1/2 SEl/4
<br /> NEI/4 Lots 1, Z, 3, 4, 5 and 6
<br />Section 2: S1/2, S1/2 Nl/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
<br />Section 3: S1/2, S1/2 Nl/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
<br />Section 4: S1/2, S1/2 Nl/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
<br />Section 10: NEI/4 NE1/4
<br />Section I1: Wl/2 NWl/4, NEl/4 NWl/4, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, that portion
<br /> of Lot 7 north of the White River, that portion of Lot 8 north of
<br /> State Highway 64, and Lot 15
<br />Section I2: Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5
<br />Township 3 North. Range 101 West of the 6th Principal Meridian
<br />Section 21: NI/2 NWl/4, NEl/4, El/2 SEl/4
<br />Section 22: All
<br />Section 23: All Except NEl/4 NEl/4
<br />Section 25: S1/2
<br />Section 26: N1/2 NEl/4, NWl/4, SEl/4 SEl/4
<br />Section 27: All Except SI/2 SEl/4
<br />Section 28: S1/2 SWl/4, El/2 El/2
<br />Section 29: All
<br />Section 30: El/2 Wl/2, El/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
<br />Section 31: El/2 W1/2, El/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4
<br />Section 32: All
<br />Section 33: All
<br />Section 34: S1/2 NEl/4, W1/2 NW1/4, SWl/4, SEl/4
<br />Section 35: S1/2, NEl/4 NEl/4, S1/2 Nl/2
<br />Section 36: Nl/2, Nl/2 S1/2, S1/2 SWl/4, SWl/4 SEl/4, W1/2 SE114
<br /> SEl/4
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