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Show ' ORUKK TO SHOW CAUSE S CAUSE NO. , ACT047016 "SfflNINC DEPART-,St DEPART-,St OF NATURAL Sources in and for JflATEOFUTAH. ; ,NTHE MATTER OF Jroval OF THE SS OF INTENT ! fD RECLAMATION S SUBMITTED BY .S&BN TAB SANDS.. -J? UINTAH COUNTY. THE STATE OF UTAH o all operators, .TAKERS OF PRODUCTION. PRODUC-TION. MINERAL AND ROYALTY uwwr-ivo, PARTICULARLY TlL PERSONS INTERESTED IN-TERESTED -IN- SEC-,lTI0N SEC-,lTI0N 16, TOWNSHIP 7 iSoiH. RANGE 25 ?WST. UINTAH COUN-,UTAH. COUN-,UTAH. 5 Notice is hereby given jut tentative approval 3 'was given by the Utah vision of OU, Gas and lViining on July 23, 1981 to Western Tar Sands, Inc. to commence surface jnining and processing of c ss sands in Section 16, jtfownship 7 South, Range 5 East, Uintah County, ritah. The name of the iteration is the Raven Ugidge Project and the iqtrsoo representing the n wnpany in this matter is Eiiooisl. Hart, Jr., 818 17th tjtreet, Suite 804, Denver, x ilorado 80202. Western Tar Sands, In-has In-has fulfilled obligations &tAa the Utah Mined jnd Reclamation Act of t;5 (Section 40-8, U.C.A., ;i-S3 as amended), and '"-till employ the following r fining and reclamation Radices on approximately approx-imately 6.28 acres of G fete land. During Operations: L-. 1. The development of je open pittrench will fljgin with the removal djid. stockpiling of an . , 4mated .67 to j.5 feet of kJ& ' "" " 2Kii A protective earthen feirm and associated terainage control precau-irums precau-irums will be utilized to in-jarare in-jarare minimum con-i con-i ieimination or erosion to Mi from any major event to iorm water. a-3. Over burden will be kioved in successive : ,5fts exposing three mon- 4s production of tar N"nds at one time. When a tod is created by tar :nds extraction, over- yden mixed with pro-s!ssed pro-s!ssed waste will be tarned to the out. Sampling and testing ' processed wastes as a stable growing medium revegetation purposes be maintained by a ontracted company. 5. An additional 6 to 10 Kt of unmixed overmen over-men will be placed on IP- Wter Operations: 1- Using a D-7 dozer, Moated loader and a P truck, the pit will (completely filled and ontoured to its natural "-existing configura- An additional 10-15 0' elevation may ex- Upon abandonment, ' site structures J removed with Rations demolished J juried a minimum of Jf feet below the aled surface. 'Compacted areas will "PPed prior to the ap-hcat'onoftopsoU. ap-hcat'onoftopsoU. 4- Upon satisfactory gjng of the site 'fed plan. This will oeerned successful hL? percent of the . SSr been Lagency on 18 hereby Wh setting factual reasons for fte "I?18!"1 and e"eretobe establish ed, appear hofore the Hoard of Oil, Gas and Mining to show cause, if any there be, why this plan should not be approved. ap-proved. DATED this 23th day of July, l'.Wl. STATE OF UTAH BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING PAULA FRANK Secretary to the Board Published in the Vernal Express Aug. 6, 1981. |