Publisher's Affidavit and Proof of Publication
<br />• Herald Nimes
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF RIO BLANCO
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE landowners will be protected concerning
<br />Pursuant to. Title 34, Article 33, Para- this application must be submitted to
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />Colorado
<br />graph 118, of the Colorado Revised Sta- .
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room
<br />and Safety
<br />tutes, the Colorado Division of Minerals ,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303)866-
<br />Denver
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<br />and Geology hereby issues notice that an ,
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<br />3567 within thirty- (30) days of the last ,
<br />application to renew the Deserado Mine publication.
<br />Permit No. C-1981-018 for a five year Feb. 5, 12 & 19, 2009
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<br />term, submitted by Blue Mountain Energy
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<br />Rio Blanco Herald Times
<br />Inc.; 3607 CR 65, Rangely, CO 81648,
<br />was deemed complete for the purpose of
<br />filing.' All review and comment periods -
<br />as provided in the Act and Regulations
<br />promulgated thereunder initiate from this
<br />day of filing. .
<br />The permit areacontains some 9.210 acr-
<br />es of federal coal lease and 11,789 acres
<br />of surface area. These areas are. situated
<br />in T2N, R101W and T3N, R101W,- 6th,
<br />P.M. in Rio' Blanco County about': 10 miles
<br />east of the Town of Rangely. It includes
<br />lands containing almost all of RBC Road
<br />65, eastern part of RBC Road 96, and
<br />western portions of RBC Road 78. The
<br />Deserado Mine Permit area ties within
<br />USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps enti-
<br />tled "Rangely NE" and 'Cactus Reservoir".
<br />A copy of the permit revision application
<br />is available for public inspection at the
<br />Town Clerk's office, Town Hall in Range-
<br />ly. Written comments, objections, re-
<br />quests for informal conference; or re-
<br />quests for a public hearing held in the lo-
<br />cality of the proposed' mining operation
<br />for the purpose of determining whether
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<br />the interests of the public and affected i
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<br />I, JEFF BURKHEAD, do solemnly swear that I am the
<br />editor acting on behalf of Mitch Bettis, owner/publisher
<br />of the Rio Blanco Herald Times, formerly known as The
<br />Meeker Herald and The Rangely Times weekly
<br />newspapers; that the same is a weekly newspaper
<br />published in the County of Rio Blanco, State of Colorado,
<br />and has a general circulation therein; that said
<br />newspaper has been published continuously and
<br />uninterruptedly in said County of Rio Blanco for a period
<br />of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to the
<br />first publication of the annexed legal notice or
<br />advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to
<br />the United States mails as second-class matter under the
<br />provision of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any
<br />amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a weekly
<br />newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and
<br />advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the
<br />State of Colorado.
<br />That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was
<br />published in the regular and entire issue of every number
<br />of said weekly newspaper for the period of
<br />consecutive insertions; and that the first publication of
<br />said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated
<br />A.D. 200_9L, and that the last
<br />publication of said notice was in the issue of said
<br />newspaper dated, F A.D. 2004.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set m hand this
<br />/f1 day of rQ A.D. 200
<br />Jeff Burkhead, editor acting on behalf
<br />of Mitch Bettis, owner/publisher
<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in
<br />and for the County of io Blanco, State of Colorado, this
<br />_ day of A., D. 200
<br />My commission expires TA.t? `<I lh
<br />OCT 16 2012 (044??? •v°
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