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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 />February 22, 2011
<br />Assistant State Supervisor
<br />Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
<br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
<br />764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81506-3904
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C-1981-018)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 7 (PR-7)
<br />200 Acre Expansion of Mine Permit Area. No Proposed New Disturbance
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />John W. Hickenlooper
<br />Governor
<br />Mike King
<br />Executive Director
<br />Loretta E. Pineda
<br />Director
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DMG) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article
<br />33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 22, 2011, an application to revise
<br />coal mining operations at the Deserado Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and
<br />comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Blue Mountain Energy (BME) has submitted Permit Revision 07 (PR-07) for the Deserado Mine to add an
<br />additional 200 acres to the permit area. This increase in permit area will allow for the completion of new longwall
<br />panels. Deserado currently holds federal coal lease C-8425 for the permit expansion area. This coal lease was
<br />incorporated into the permit document with the approval of Minor Revision 143 (approved on 26 March 2010). No
<br />New surface disturbance is proposed with this revision.
<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, R101W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County; Portions of
<br />Sections 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101W, 6th PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33,
<br />T3N, R101 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 />No additional surface disturbance is proposed as a result of this revision application. As a result, the Division does
<br />not anticipate additional impacts to wildlife.
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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