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USDA <br />a <br />Proposed Action <br />DECISION MEMO <br />COLORADO MINING ENTERPRISES, LLC <br />MINERAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM <br />PLAN OF OPERATIONS <br />Location: NMPM — T. 46 N, R. 7 E, Sec. 34; <br />Saguache Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest <br />Saguache County, Colorado <br />Figure 1 - Map showing location Klondike Mineral Exploration Program. <br />On March 08, 2011, the Belleview Land & Mineral Co., LLC (BLMC) submitted tIFe <br />"Plan of Operation Klondike Mincfral Exploration Project ", Saguache County, CO. The <br />plan was amended on August 01, 2011. BLMC proposes to conduct subsurface mineral <br />exploration from the existing Homestake Mine. The Homestake Mine is abandoned and <br />is located on land administered by the Rio Grande National Forest. The statutory right of <br />BLMC to explore for and develop mineral resources on federally administered lands is <br />recognized in the General Mining Law of 1872 and is consistent with the Rio Grande <br />National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) of 1997. Surface <br />management regulations (36 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] part 228) require that all <br />Klondike Mineral Exploration Project - Decision Memo 1 !Page <br />