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<br />contain iopatable lim=_storL, 3?N, relied ~ U.S. ~'. Ro:-est uh, lOD ra; A 185,
<br />247-48, 94 I.D. 453, 487-88 (1927) , _t which 1t was Held trat limeStC11?
<br />cons; n; nq o5 perc°Zt o_ greater total ca_-u~-,ates c~stitu*_es a~ ~.~er.
<br />variety of '~im=_st~.
<br />BLN!'s D=_cisicn irforrrpa MCr: what a c~i^itv tit ?-,a3 b°~i establisne3
<br />effective Or~ooe= .1, 1993 that _t ca.~rs a ~-mitL°r ~;stu-ba-ice a.%.a on
<br />rlye a'rv-~n^im~ri C1c1IiLS, J aI1'3 t_}'3t `._'le C~iiiLIP3.tV D'_L "C",L~15L'_tllte5 a SlE7e"10r
<br />right to rerw Rate=ial as agai*ist arn• sabsecr~c claim or =nt_-v_ of the
<br />land," citi-ig 43 C.R.R. § 3604.1(b). 3LM srat~ ;1-,at it was not its inten-
<br />tion to res~-ict of fe mid t*~e tetra-i~• of locatable rna3e naterial fc:-
<br />rn,~i; Eying crari~ts, ar~3 ti-,at iL wa:1d allow lirresta.2 m:_^ ng to procee3
<br />within the pit batL:ar: , subiect tc ce_^ =a~z *_zst_'icti~s. Specifically,
<br />the letter precluded A~oellanrs `ran selling a*rv of t_he waste material an
<br />the Glcite claims, in~..='lldiSlg what i*_ desc.-lbes as lisresta•~e waste =o:dc.
<br />The Decisicr adc-i red:
<br />The aba~J'-'y'mY'nt Of the Dre1701:5 m~P~'lg C1a1IP5 x x + Zm.~c+-
<br />WI11CS1 Oy'pSat10.'~s We'"e fOrmLr1'y' CO.^~'1Cte.^-, S°'V~~ a5 an a.'".3I17.'1^-
<br />ment Of arrv title Or legal itlt°r"eS 7.I1 LYL° locatable m; n~r~ l
<br />estate. ?s~ of Seprecrim~ , , 003 any right that may have :,~^
<br />establish~:i b}• ~~ p<-codas clairreat, less: or operator to
<br />the litrestaie waste rock was lest to the U.S~ Gov-rm~nt. i-~ce,
<br />nCIIle Of the e}=5t1ri~ w'aSt° mater'-ial DP_5`*lt w1`_R1n the Ql7r'l''-J,
<br />j regardless of hcr,; it was gesrerated, can be sold fran t'tre site by
<br />the neW ciaima-rts, `heir lesse=_s, or ope_'a*_ors. Arrvane =-aro-~nna
<br />lirrpstone waste ro.=k fmn the rn,~-rv will be held accoantabie for
<br />willflu trespass of mineral material.
<br />The Calcite miring claims located wit~ir. the camurit}• pit
<br />only establish a riot to the ra.alty-free rsrenal of la..arable
<br />grade lim=sr~i=_ for cualifying lo^..atable-grde erL uses.
<br />(Decisi~ at 1-2.) Rinally, B?M advised Appellants that it will be neces-
<br />sary to revise the existing operating plan and m; n;ng pas~mit to adarowla3ge -
<br />these restrictials .
<br />The ahanAnno^1 ~~ and Lvnx claims were located on October 5, 1956,
<br />by the C:olozado Fuel a*rd I~ Corporatiari, later Warred GG'&I S*-eel Corpora-
<br />tion (CF&I), which leased the claims to M~2. Pit}dn ryas the opezator of
<br />the claims under a "Qualzy Operating Agr~nt" with M~2. Ina Memoran-
<br />dum•to BIM's Colorado State Director dated October 21, 1993, the Glernuood
<br />Springs Resource Area Manager stated that MCR's primary rrerket was its
<br />plant in ~siu~e, Colorado, where the limestone was pulverized for use
<br />as rock dust in MGt's coal mines. The material was also sold to the Craig
<br />The disturbance area is situated in sec. 36 of T. S S., R. 89 W.,
<br />Sixth Principal M=sidian, and consists of 21D acres comprising Lots 3 and
<br />~~ 4, the N~,t~~, S[^P/SF''/,, and W'!SE'/SE'/,. The Calcite claims and the stocJg~ile
<br />area occupy the same ground to the extent of 140 acres in the SEA/, of sec.
<br />36. (Decision at 1.)
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