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BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND BOARD ORDER <br />IN THE MATTER OF BACA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CONVERSION <br />APPLICATION, File No. M-1981-138 <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") on June <br />10, 2009 in Denver, Colorado for a hearing to consider the 112(c) conversion application <br />where resolution of adequacy issues extended beyond the allowed 365 day review period. <br />The file and permit number is M-1981-138. There were no appearances on behalf of the <br />Baca County Government ("Applicant"). Jared Ebert appeared on behalf of the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety ("Division"). <br />The Board, having considered the Division's presentation and having been otherwise <br />fully informed of the facts in the matter, hereby enters the following findings of fact, <br />conclusions of law and order. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. This site known as the Bulkley Pit, is a Section 110(c) operation that mines <br />gravel. The site is located in the Southeast'/4 of the Southwest'/4 of Section 13, Township 34 <br />South, Range 43 West, 6`'' Principal Meridian, in Baca County, Colorado. The permit area is <br />9.4 acres. The site is located 21 miles south of Walsh, Colorado. <br />2. On April 3, 2008, the Baca County Government submitted a 112(c) conversion <br />application for this site. The conversion application sought to increase the acreage from 9.4 <br />acres to 47.7 acres, an addition of 38.3 acres to the permit area. <br />3. The Division considered the application filed on April 11, 2008. <br />4. The Division sent the Applicant an adequacy review of the application on <br />April 16, 2008. <br />5. On July 9, 2008, the Applicant requested a 180 day extension of the decision <br />date. <br />6. On January 6, 2009, the Applicant requested another decision date extension <br />to April 11, 2009, which was 365 days from the conversion application filing date. <br />7. On April 8, 2009, the Division received a response from the Applicant to the <br />Division's April 16, 2008 adequacy review. <br />Baca County Government <br />Bulkley Pit, M-1981-138