2014-05-06_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1992080

• Permit No: C1992080
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/6/2014
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance ‎(RN-4)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Oakridge Energy, Inc.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety (the Division) for the Carbon Junction Mine. This document includes: 1) the
proposed decision to approve the renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of
the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation
and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance
the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.
Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of
the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The Division has received an application for a renewal to a permit to conduct surface coal
reclamation operations at the Carbon Junction Mine. The application was submitted by Savage
and Savage, Inc. on behalf of Oakridge Energy, Inc. The mine will be operated by Oakridge
Energy, Inc. The mine is located on private lands within La Plata County, Colorado.
The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: a tract of land, 164.34 acres
in size, located in:
• Section 4, Township 34 North, Range 9 West;
• Section 33, Township 34 1/2 North, Range 9 West; and
• Section 33, Township 35 North, Range 9 West; of the
New Mexico Principal Meridian, La Plata County, Colorado, and being more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the SE corner of said Section 33, T35N;
Thence S 89055'10" W, a distance of 513.29 ft along the south line of said Sec 33, T35N;
Thence S 18 014'00" W a distance of 3334.13 ft to the E 1/16 corner common to said Sec 33,
T34.5N and Sec 4 T34N;
Thence S 03 °17'33" W a distance of 1137.79 ft along the W line of NE1 /4NE1 /4 of said Sec
4 to the NE 1/16 corner of said Sec 4 T3 4N;
Thence S 79 049'43" W a distance of 1092.45 ft along the S line of NW1 /4NE1 /4 of said Sec
4 to the Center N 1/16 corner of said Sec 4;
Thence S 79 023'29" W, a distance of 916.43 ft along the S line of the NE1 /4NW1 /4 of said
Sec 4;
Thence North, a distance of 1234.00 feet to the N line of the NE1 /4NW1 /4 of said Sec 4;
Thence N 82 040'03" E, a distance of 269.99 ft along the N line of the NE1 /4NW1 /4 of said
Sec 4;
Thence N 12046'13" E, a distance of 1495.67 feet;
Thence N 02 032'25" E, a distance of 318.27 feet;
Thence N 82 °34'57" W, a distance of 254.03 feet;
Thence N 00 °48'51" E, a distance of 363.74 feet;
Thence N 53 °17'34" E, a distance of 340.99 feet;
Thence N 02 032'25" E, a distance of 175.56 feet;
Thence N 00 °59'47" E, a distance of 548.75 feet;
Thence East, a distance of 600.00 feet;
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