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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 />March 8, 2013
<br />Paul Daggett
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />White River Field Office
<br />220 Market St.
<br />Meeker, CO 81641 -3419
<br />Re: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -018)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 8 (PR -8)
<br />Permit Area Expansion.
<br />Dear Mr. Daggett:
<br />COLORADO
<br />ID IV 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,
<br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 8, 2013, an
<br />application to revise coal mining operations at the Deserado Mine was considered complete for the
<br />purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations
<br />initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Permit Revision 48 is a permit revision adding an additional 1656.3 acres to Blue Mountain
<br />Energy's permit area. No additional surface disturbance is being proposed as a part of this action.
<br />The revised mine plan undermines only one additional non -mine structure, the Red Wash
<br />Reservoir No.3 and additional sections of Rio Blanco County Road 65 and 73. Federal Coal Lease
<br />COC -74813 is pending and includes the area of proposed changes.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Northeast of
<br />Rangely, Colorado. The permit 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;
<br />Portions of Sections 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 36, T3N, R101W, 6th PM; All of
<br />Sections 22, 29, 32, and 33, T3N, R101W, 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
<br />Ne.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Rio Blanco County Clerk
<br />and Recorder, 500 Main Street, Meeker, CO 81641, and at the Division office. For additional
<br />information, to provide written comments, or to request an informal conference, contact the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, (303) 866 -3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Rio Blanco
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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