REP32049

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 6/20/2007
• Doc Name: 2006 ARR Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Blue Mountain Energy, Inc.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SC, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 20, 2007
Mr. Scott Wanstedt
Blue Mountain Energy, Inc.
3607 County Road #65
Rangely, CO 81648
RE: Review of 2006 Annual Reclamation Report
Deserado Mine (Permit C-1981-018)
Dear Mr. Wanstedt:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, )r.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
We have completed our review of the 2006 Annual Reclamation Report for the Deserado Mine.
Please respond to the following, as necessary.
The mine reported no additional acres disturbed for the 2006 calendar year. Additionally, no
disturbed acres were backfilled and graded, topsoiled, or seeded during the 2006 calendar year.
The reporting form is accurate with the backfilled and graded acres added to the acres in long
term facilities equal to the total disturbed acres for the site (with no acres reported as active
mining). A map at a I inch=2000 feet scale was included depicting the year and location of aeeas
previously seeded. An appendix included notations from visual surveys of areas seeded within
the last two-three years.
The Division requests that BME include in next years report an accounting of disturbed
acreage that BME remains liable for until final bond release. Due to the nature of
underground mining, disturbed areas tend to be numerous, spread out, small, and isolated.
Understanding the size and extent of all the areas including sediment ponds, roads, degas
pads, vent shafts, and facilities in general becomes important, especially as mines
approach the end of the mine life and contemplate bond release. Division records show
the acreage approved for disturbance at Deserado is 423.33 acres after TR-63 yet
Deserado reports 425.64 acres disturbed. While this is likely a small error occurring from
past revisions to the permit, nonetheless it brings to light the importance of having a
detailed record of the entire disturbance [hat is the liability of BME to reclaim and/or
bond release. Typically this is done by grouping like disturbances together and assigning
some kind of name or identifier to each disturbance for identification. Showing these
areas on a map is also important and may require using a map scale of 1 inch =500 feet
for smaller areas. Your input on how we might achieve this goal for next year's reporting
is encouraged.
We have no further questions at this time. The report meets the requirements of Rule 2.04.13.
Thank you for your diligence in completing your monitoring and reporting requirements.
Sincer y, ~/~ `
K t Gorham G
Environmental Protection Specialist II
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction Durango ARive and Inactive Mines