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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />COLORADO
<br />D IV IS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />April 2, 2008 Governor
<br /> Harris D. Sherman
<br />Greg Wolff Executive Director
<br />Colorado Historical Society Ronald W. Cattany
<br /> Division Director
<br />The Colorado History Museum Natural Resource Trustee
<br />1300 Broadway
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C-1981-018)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6)
<br />Adding Additional 760 Acres to Permit Area
<br />Dear Mr. Wolff:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 2, 2008, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the Deserado Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
<br />submitted by Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The Deserado Mine has submitted a permit revision to increase it's permit boundary by 760 acres. The mine is
<br />also proposing a change to it's mining plan to incorporate the additional acreage. No new surface disturbances are
<br />proposed.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Northeast of Rangely, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, T2N, 8101 W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County; Portions of
<br />Sections 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101 W, 6th PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33,
<br />T3N, R 101 W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rangely NE and Cactus
<br />Reservoir.
<br />Because the above-referenced permit revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area
<br />or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your
<br />agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources.
<br />In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
<br />your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the proposed
<br />operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing,
<br />as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and
<br />the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit
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