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.~ <br />~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III` <br />M N , ~ ~M ^L-LY RLIt• TO <br />;' ~ ~ United States Department of the Interior <br />_ 2800/3400 <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT C-30119 <br />.~ CRAIG DISTRICT OFFICE C-31639 <br />white River Resource Area <br />317 EAST MAkK[i <br />MEEKER, COLORADO 87641 <br />March 5, 1984 <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Brooks Towers <br />1020 15th Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br />Dear Gentlemen <br />Enclosed is a copy of our Inspection Report which resulted from the <br />Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) joint inspection with the State of <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) at the Deserado Coal <br />Mine near Rangely, Colorado. Inspection attendees are listed in the <br />report. This report is being forwarded to your office in an effort to <br />improve coordination and communication between our two agencies. <br />It is our understanding that the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and <br />CMLRD have conducted joint inspections of the Western Fuels - Deserado <br />Mine in the past. We have also become aware that CMLRD has been <br />conducting mine inspections without requesting our attendance. <br />As surface managing agency of the lands covered by the mine plan area, <br />we feel that the BLM should be represented at the inspection tours <br />conducted by OSM and/or CMLRD. In the past this has evidently not been <br />the case, and the lines of communication between BLM, OSM and CMLRD <br />have consequently broken down. <br />We would like to see these lines of communication reopened. We also <br />desire to be informed of, and represented at all mine inspection tours <br />in the future especially those involving surface facilities and <br />reclamation. This involvement is of upmost importance to us in <br />managing the subject and contiguous public lands. <br />CONSERVE <br />ENEROV <br />Save Energy and You Serve America! <br />