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Summary <br />History of Permit C- 1981 -018 <br />Origin of C- 1981 -018 <br />Western Fuels -Utah, Inc. submitted an application for a new permit on March 12, 1980. The <br />Division (then called the Mined Land Reclamation Division) issued permit C -81 -018 on July 27, <br />1981. <br />Transfer of Ownership to Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. <br />On May 28, 1997 the Division approved a transfer of ownership of the Deserado Mine from <br />Western Fuels -Utah, Inc. to Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. <br />History <br />The Deserado Mine is an active underground mine operation presently located in Rio Blanco <br />County, approximately nine miles northeast of Rangely, Colorado along County Road 65 near <br />Kenney Reservoir. Upon final approval of Permit Revision PR -08, a portion of the Deserado <br />Mine's permit area will additionally exist within Moffat County. Mining operations during <br />previous permit terms have utilized long wall extraction and room and pillar techniques to <br />extract coal from the D -Seam. D -Seam mining within the permit area was completed in 1999, <br />with operations shifting to the underlying B -Seam, beginning with development mining in 1998 <br />and 1999, and initiation of longwall extraction in early 2000. <br />The status and summary of all stipulations made by the Division are summarized below. <br />Status of Previous Stipulations <br />Stipulation No. 1: <br />IA PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO CONDUCT MINING OPERATIONS, THE <br />APPLICANT MUST: SUBMIT A PERFORMANCE BOND PAYABLE TO THE STATE <br />AND THE US GOVERNMENT IN AN AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH THE <br />REQUIREMENTS OF (B) BELOW AND THE RECLAMATION COST ESTIMATES <br />CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION. <br />Status: This stipulation was satisfied and terminated on July 27, 1981. <br />Stipulation No. 2: <br />UPON COMPLETION OF PRODUCTION MINING WITHIN THE EASTERN MOST <br />PORTION OF ROOM AND PILLAR PANEL R.P.I -D AND THE EASTERN HALF OF <br />LONGWALL PANEL L.W.D -1, THE APPLICANT SHALL PREPARE ANALYSIS OF THE <br />M <br />