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a-FSr~RN FUELS-IfGH ING. A Suhsrdiurv Wi5(ent fuels A.nocirJwrs. 6rc. Area Manager Bureau of Land Management White River Resource Area P.O. Box 928 Meeker, CO 81641-0928 RE: DESERADO MINE RZPZ • Sincerely, Murari P. Shrestha, P.E. Assistant Manager of Engineering U Dear Sirs: ~RECEIVE~ May 13, 1996 °1t1~' l~_ ~ 199E Divisw~Granel JUf1Ct 046bIC~'I Western Fuels-Utah (WFU) holds seven leases irom BLM which have been combined to form an LMU at the Deserado Mine near Rangely. The seven leases are C-023703, C-0126669, C-8424, C-8425, D-047201, C-44693 and COC51551. A modified Resource Recovery and Protedion Plan (RZPZ) for the LMU was submitted to BLM in August, 1991. WFU has found it necessary to revise Deserado Mine's D-Seam mine plan due to the underground mine fire and eventual sealing of the worsting district. The LW-9 panel was only partially mined when the mine caught on fire on January 31, 1996. The whole district was eventually sealed on February 14, 1996 because the fire could not be controlled. Thus, the remaining LW-9 panel and the other panels that were behind the seals and were planned for mining have been abandoned. Anew D- Seam mine plan with a revised mining sequence was prepared. A copy of the revised D-Seam mine plan (Plate 7) is endosed. Also endosed are revised Table 4-3 (Page 27) of the RZPZ which shows estimated production rate for the remaining recoverable reserves, and Table 4-6 (Page 35) of the RZPZ which gives the remaining recoverable raw and dean coal reserves. It is requested that the revised documents be approved and made a part of the existing RZPZ. Thank you. MS:Igp cc: Raja Upadhyay George O'Hara Jeff Dubbert OSM -Denver Dan Mathews, DMG suite #3o5Ed Thatcher, Deseret 405 Urban Street lakewoud, Colorado 802]8 Telephone 303/988-9626 Telecopier 303/9868147