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Case 1:08 -cv- 01624 - WJM -MJW Document 102 Filed 02/27/12 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 12 <br />Civil Action No. 08 -cv- 01624 - WJM -MJW <br />COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, <br />INFORMATION NETWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING, <br />CENTER FOR NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS, <br />CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and <br />SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE, <br />Plaintiffs, <br />IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <br />FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO <br />Judge William J. Martinez <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />v. MINING AND SAFETY <br />OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT, and <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, <br />Defendants. <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 12 2013 <br />ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART <br />DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION <br />This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Motion to Reopen and for <br />Reconsideration of October 18, 2011 Order. (ECF No. 95.) Plaintiffs have filed a <br />Response to the Motion (ECF No. 100), and Defendants have filed a Reply (ECF No. <br />101). The Court hereby REOPENS this action for the limited purpose of ruling on <br />Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration. See D.C.COLO.LCivR 41.2. Having carefully <br />considered the arguments presented, Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration is <br />GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. <br />I. BACKGROUND <br />The Uranium Lease Management Program ( "ULMP ") is a uranium mining <br />program administered by Defendants in the Uravan Mineral Belt in Mesa, Montrose, and <br />