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Show BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS, AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES in and for the STATE OF UTAH ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE NO. 43-019-002 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPROVAL OF THE RECLAMATION REC-LAMATION PLAN SUBMITTED SUBMIT-TED BY HOMER E. DAVIS, BLACKSTONE MINE, GRAND COUNTY, UTAH. THE STATE OF UTAH TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP , .. 22 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, SLBM, GRAND COUNTY, UTAH. Notice is hereby given that tentative approval has been given by the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to Homer E. Davis, Green River, Utah, to conduct underground uraniumvanadium uran-iumvanadium mining on Utah State Lease ML 29831, on Section 32, Township 22 South, Range 22 East, SLBM, Grand County, Utah. This mine will be known as the Blackstone Mine. Mr. Davis has fulfilled all obligations under the Mined Land Reclamation Act of 1975 (Section 40-8), Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended, and that tentative approval has been given to conduct uraniumvanadium uran-iumvanadium mining on Utah State Mineral lease 29831 with the following procedures: Uranium and vanadium bearing sandstone and silt-stone silt-stone of the Salt Wash Sandstone Member of the Morrison Formation will be drilled, blasted and removed from underground workings for an indefinite period. Ore materials will be stockpiled and removed by truck along adjacent county roads. Reject material will be piled, graded, fertilized, and seeded for stabilization and revegetation. At the conclusion of the operations, all vents, tunnels and caved-in areas will be barricaded or fenced as appropriate. Any person or agency aggrieved by this tentative decision are hereby requested to submit written protest to the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, located at 1588 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, setting forth factual reasons for his complaint, com-plaint, and thereafter, at a time and place heretobe established, appear before the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining, to show cause, if any there be, why this plan should not be approved. DATED this 26th day of January, 1976. STATE OF UTAH BOARD OF OIL, GAS, AND MINING SSCHEREE WILCOX Secretary to the Board Published in The Times-Independent, Times-Independent, Moab, Utah, February 4, 1976. Fast Service Printing The Times-Independent 35 East Center |