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This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the Deserado Mine, Permit Revision OS (PR-OS). This document <br />includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit renewal application; 2) <br />a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can <br />be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a revision to a permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Deserado Mine. The application was submitted by <br />Blue Mountain Energy, Incorporated, the operator of the mine. The mine is located on federal <br />and private lands within Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands <br />included within the permit azea is: <br />Section 1: <br />Section 2: <br />Section 3: <br />Section 4: <br />Section 10: <br />Section 1 ] <br />Section 12: <br />Tnwnshin 3 Nnrth_ <br />Section 21: <br />Section 22: <br />Section 23: <br />Section 25: <br />Section 26: <br />Section 27: <br />Section 28: <br />Section 29: <br />Section 30: <br />Section 31: <br />Section 32: <br />Section 33: <br />Section 34: <br />Section 35: <br />Section 36: NI/2, N1/: <br />SW1/4, SI/2NW1/4, N1/2 SEl/4, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2 SE1/4 <br />NE1/4 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 <br />S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 <br />S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 <br />S1/2, S]/2 N1/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 <br />NE1/4 NE1l4 <br />W 1/2 NW 1/4, NE1/4 NW 1/4, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, that portion of <br />Lot 7 north of the White River, that portion of Lot 8 north of State <br />Highway 64, and Lot 15 <br />Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5 <br />Range 101 West nfthe Fith Princi:nal Meridian <br />N1/2 NW 1/4, NE1/4, E1/2 SE1/4 <br />All <br />All Except NE1/4 NE1/4 <br />S1/2 <br />N1/2 NE1/4, NWl/4, SE1/4 SE1/4 <br />All Except S1/2 SE1/4 <br />S112 SW1/4, E1/2 El/2 <br />All <br />El/2 W1/2, EI/2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 <br />E1f2 W 1l2, Ell2, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 <br />All <br />All <br />S1/2 NE1/4, WI/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4 <br />SI/2, NE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 N1/2 <br />S1/2, S1/2 SWl/4, SW1/4 SE1/4, W1/2 SEl/4 SE1/4 <br />