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--- <br />.1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />'• <br />1 <br />- R'FSTERN <br />FUEIS <br />- ASSOCIATION <br />QVC. <br />The rVirlron~rl <br />Pue15ePMl October 21, 1997 <br />- Cmpearire <br />Area Manager <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />White River Resource Area <br />P.O. Box 928 <br />Meeker, CO 81641-0928 <br />RE: DESERADO MINE RZPZ <br />Dear Sir: <br />Attached is a revised Resource, Recovery and Protection Plan (RZPZ) being submitted on behalf of <br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. Blue Mountain Energy, Inc, holds seven (7) leases from BLM which have <br />been combined to form an LMU at the Deserado Mine near Rangely. The seven leases are C- <br />023703, C-0126669, C-8424, C-8425, D-047201, C-44693 and COC51551. A modified Aesource <br />Recovery and Protection Plan (RZPZ) for the LMU was submitted to BLM in August, 1991. This RZPZ <br />was revised in May 1996 as the result of the Deserado Mine fire which occurred on January 31, 1996. <br />The mine fire and subsequent sealing of some of the workings resulted in the loss of reserves in the <br />D Seam. <br />The loss of reserves in the D Seam has accelerated the need to develop the B Seam reserves at the <br />Deserado Mine. Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. (BME) is submitting the attached revised RZPZ showing <br />the revised mining schedule and incorporating changes in both the D Seam and B Seam mine plans <br />subsequent to the Deserado Mine Fire. Prior to the fire, the first coal production from a longwall panel <br />in the B Seam was scheduled for the year 2010. Longwall production from the B Seam will now be <br />needed in 1999. <br />The revised RZPZ with revised D and B seam mine plans (Plates 7 and 8), and revised reserve tables <br />are enclosed. All other maps and illustrations contained in the °Modification of an Existing Resource <br />Recovery and Protection Plan' submitted in August 1991 are considered included by reference. <br />Further, all reference to Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. shall mean Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. <br />It is requested that the revised document(s) be approved and made a part of the existing RZPZ. Thank <br />you. <br />Sincerely, <br />~" O""`1~ <br />Murari P. Shrestha, P.E. <br />Director of Permitting & Contracting Affairs <br />MS:Igp <br />cc: Bob Norrgard -WFA <br />George O'Hara -WFA <br />Jeff Dubbert -BME <br />OSM -Denver <br />Dan Mathews - DMG <br />Ed Thatcher -Deseret <br />PO Box 33124 <br />Denver, CO 6073}3424 <br />Telephone 303/450-9976 <br />Fax 303/450-1042 <br />E-maJ w(alakewoal®pcrsys.net <br />