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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 />March 8, 2013
<br />Anna Smith
<br />Rio Blanco County Planning Dept.
<br />County Planner
<br />P.O. Box 599
<br />Meeker, CO 81641
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -018)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 8 (PR -8)
<br />Permit Area Expansion.
<br />Dear Rio Blanco County Planning Dept.:
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COLORADO
<br />ID I V I S I O N O F
<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 hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 8, 2013, a permit revision application for a
<br />permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C- 1981 -018 by Blue Mountain Energy, Inc, was considered
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
<br />Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Pennit Revision #8 is a permit revision adding an additional 1656.3 acres to Blue Mountain Energy's permit area. No
<br />additional surface disturbance is being proposed as a part of this action. The revised mine plan undermines only one
<br />additional non -mine structure, the Red Wash Reservoir No.3 and additional sections of Rio Blanco County Road 65
<br />and 73. Federal Coal Lease COC -74813 is pending and includes the area of proposed changes.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is located approximately 7 miles Northeast of Rangely, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, T2N, R10 1W, 6th PM, all in Rio Blanco County; Portions of Sections
<br />21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101W, 6th PM; All of Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33, T3N, R101W,
<br />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.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Rio Blanco County Commissioners. For
<br />additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866 -3567, within
<br />thirty days after the last public notice in the Rio Blanco Herald - Times.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Zach T. Trujillo
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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