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(BIM's Jt~e ?, 1987, i~tt=- tc MT-: (~ca,asis adi~d? . i .~ merora-~an i<-:zn the Dist^ ct A^,anaaer to the State Di_2ctcr aroerid._s additional LiaC~C~J1r1.^. and f~.her retool= 3 N's rrnti~atim ir_ esablisiing the catneality o; t Mid-Cmti-Lnt's trig-~• market for the a~ua.^_v [wh-°^- the '~a~-, Lynx and Lion claims w`+-e calidl was as a s~rooly o° locatable- grade limestCCle tc t_ze c~arn•'s rocl: a'ust plant _^_ r'a~•*~~~-~e, Color~~~ tin=Te the :rock eras zx-~ver<ze3 an3 sold as rock oust for coal mils. r lar.~e catti~a maritet fa- tlis us=_ e~~ste3 in the form Cf M.1d-r'mti'1°'lt' S Qv7: COflI m=rle5 W7 t)"-^_ =tS C031 ~S_. Mines CCSSCJ1e7: W25t G= ~°1+t0.le, COloraao. ' '' ~ S"1Ce L7e 10Cat- able ala:le lirrestme 'tad t0 U= Scl eCt-_ ?1V mined fr~l'i a m:11C^ laTp'~-r r~or•r i ~. pf :lx:'-10:_ata~7l c l y~~aStDIL aS]a WaStE r0.^.k, t.P= ODer3t10_^. did aenetate a COPSlde_*able QuanL'_tl' Of iraterial t~}7at could not x ^; rectl'.~ ma_-iceted urger the r~v*un_ laws . In accor- dance w~t_r a S~ ic•_ttr'=_ Ooirim m *^~s tote of wzste mate^ial, tY1'LS Off1Ce Cld al1G'+7 a CErLa1*1 tQ']IIdQe Of t_}]15 Waste mat°_rial t0 YJe disoosea Of '_T' MiO-CmtiIl°'lt. .^Na.lty-free. =0r n0T'.-OUali _ fyj,no ~-uses. _-_s ta*s~aae was tied to the r~~ratent tint the waste mater a. ~'~- b° aene~ated t.~*ouah to=_ necessan~ extraction of lotatabi=_ crrade limestone a-~d that the ooe_~atioa's validity wzs always mai*~tained solely on the sales of locatable made liRLStQ'le for OLSalifV'1I7a end-uses. T.lis situation wzs closely mmir_or2d b}' this office and was held to br in caroli- ance until ~*i qua-^'}' ceased ooe_ratim earli=r t-iis year. This office is very conce_-n.Pd as to the State's pending disposal of the ~~m~?ie rock oust plant. For the State to recoc2s even a fractim of the stated band value of this prnpei-ty (S3 millicm) it is essential that r_he plant be markete3 for its highest and best use - **iis being as a xvck dust plant in its curresit location. For that to be the case the hoops W211 nee3 "a securn source of suitable duality limestone in the imrediate vicinity of the slant. The only such soirze is the G1enFrood Borings limestone quarry form~sly sated by Mid-Continent. V] Notwithstanding BIM's desire to secure a supply source for the rock dust, it is clear that if the mineral material is of such quality that its marketability would justify its classificatim as locatable under 30 U.S.C. ~~ § 611 (1994), the licrestone would be subject to disposition under the min- . ing laws. 148 TRT.A 379 iVJS1a e_*1^--'1S°_ Sc! cc ~ C irJ- 10~°^_.