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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO' <br />OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS <br />BOARD OF LAND APPEALS <br />WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, } IBLA No. 2013- � - -- <br />) <br />Appellant ) Notice of Appeal of the Oak Mesa Coal <br />Exploration License, COC- 74911, EA DOI- <br />BLM- CO -SO50 -201 1, Delta County, <br />Colorado <br />APPELLANT'S NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL <br />WildEarth Guardians hereby provides notice to the Interior Board of Land Appeals ( "IBLA ") that <br />they are voluntarily dismissing their appeal in this matter. On October 11, 2D 12, Appellants filed their <br />Notice of Appeal over the decision by Bureau of Land Management ( "BLM ") Colorado Uncompahgre <br />Field Office Manager, Barbara Sharrow authorizing issuance of the Oak Mesa Coal Exploration License, <br />COC- 74911, to Oxbow Mining, LLC. This decision is documented in a Decision Record ( "DR ") signed <br />by Ms. Sparrow on September 11, 2012. The DR licenses 13,873 acres of coal for exploration in the Oak <br />Mesa area of Delta County, Colorado. The DR authorizes Oxbow to drill 43 exploration wells on private <br />and public lands and was supported by a Finding of No Significant Impact ( "FONSI ") also signed by Ms. <br />Sharrow on September 11, 2412. Appellant has not yet submitted a Statement of Reasons. By this <br />notice, Appellant is dismissing its appeal. <br />WildFarth Guardians' Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, Notice of Appeal of the Oak Mesa Coal 1 <br />Exploration License <br />