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:
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<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
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