2013-07-01_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981018

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the U.S. Bureau of Land Management - White River Field Office (BLM). The Division sent a total of fifteen adequacy review comments to BME between May 7, 2013 and June 20, 2013. BME submitted the final set of adequacy responses on June 21, 2013, which adequately addressed all of the Division's review questions. The Division conducted Applicant Violator System checks on April 17, 2013 and July 1, 2013 and found that there were no violations reported for BME. Notice of Violations No violations were written from the period of the approval of Permit Renewal 05 until the proposed approval of Permit Revision 08. Description of the Environment Location of Permit Area The mine is located on Federal and private lands currently within Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: Township 2 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.: Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12 Township 3 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.: All or portions of Sections 19 through 23, and 25 through 36 With the final decision of Permit Revision 08, the mine will be located on Federal and private lands within Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the proposed permit area is: Township 2 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.: Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12 Township 3 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.: All or portions of Sections 17 through 23, and 25 through 36 Physiographic Setting The elevation at the Deserado Mine site ranges between 5,300 ft. and 5,900 ft. The permit area and adjacent areas are characterized by gently rolling to moderately steep landforms. Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent in the valleys and level uplands and up to 50 percent on drainage side slopes. Geologic Setting The bedrock at the ground surface in the Deserado permit area is contained within the Mesaverde Group of Upper Cretaceous age. These sedimentary beds are well exposed on the southwest 19