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Introduction <br />This written findings document was prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, <br />and Safety (the Division) for the Lorencito Canyon Mine. This document includes: <br />1) the proposed decision on the permit renewal (RN -03) application; <br />2) the status of stipulations and revisions; <br />3) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit renewal application, a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining <br />and reclamation plan; and <br />4) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division received an application for a permit renewal (RN -03) to continue surface coal <br />mining and /or reclamation operations at the Lorencito Canyon Mine. The application was <br />submitted by New Elk Coal Company LLC. The mine is located on private lands within Las <br />Animas County, Colorado. A detailed legal description of the lands included within the permit <br />area is described using the metes and bounds method in Exhibit 2 of the permit application. The <br />lands within the permit area are part of the original Maxwell Land Grant which was not surveyed <br />within the scope of the U.S. survey system of public lands. It can generally be described as lands <br />south of the Purgatoire River, lands east of Cow Canyon, lands north of Puertecito Canyon, and <br />lands west of Little Jeff Canyon, covering approximately 3142 acres. <br />