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<br />1 <br />' EXPLORATION PLAN FOR FEDERAL COAL LEASE C-023703 <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />Presentation of this exploration plan is to request permission from <br />appropriate Department of the Interior (DOI) agencies to perform <br />exploratory drilling and logging on Federal Coal Lease C-023703 in Rio <br />Blanco County, Colorado. <br />' This exploration program will more fully evaluate the quantity and <br />quality of coal in a specific area of the Deserado Mine lease area. <br />Coal from this area is presently included in reserves of fuel for <br />Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative's coal-fired thermal <br />electric generating station located near Bonanza, Utah. <br />' Western Fuels would like to begin this exploration in the Spring of <br />1965, as weather permits. <br />t This plan has been prepared in accordance with federal regulation 43CFR <br />Part 3400 and includes a brief description of geology, the existing <br />environment, the proposed drilling program, rehabilitation of disturbed <br />land and an exploration schedule. <br />t <br />1.1 Property Location and Legal Description <br />' The Deserado Mine, owned by Western Fuels-Utah, Inc., is located in Rio <br />' Blanco County, Colorado, approximately fourteen miles northeast of <br />Rangely, Colorado. Access to the area from Rangely is via Colorado <br />Highway 64 and Rio Blanco County Road 65, the Deserado Mine Road. The <br />mining unit presently includes five Federal Coal Leases (C-023703, <br />' D-047201,C-8424, C-8425 and C-0126669) containing 6,441.54 acres. <br />Exploration has previously been conducted by Western Fuels on adjacent <br />lands. <br />The general location of the Deserado Mine lease areas is shown on <br />Figure 1-1. <br />~J <br /> <br />1 <br />