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Introduction <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received an application on behalf of CB <br />Minerals Company, LLC (CB), from J. E. Stover & Associates for the 7th renewal of Permit C-1984- <br />065 to conduct coal mine reclamation activities at the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine (application). This <br />document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining andSafety <br />(Division) on the application. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the <br />application for renewal; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the application, a <br />description of changes made to the Permit Application Package (PAP) under this renewal action, a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation <br />plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining. The Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining (Rules) contain the complete text of rules referenced throughout this Findings of Compliance <br />document. <br />The Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine is in permanent cessation. No coal production is envisioned during the <br />permit renewalperiod. Reclamation work and monitoring activities are proposed operations, and are to <br />be accomplished by CB. <br />The mine is located on private lands within Garfield County. The legal description of the lands included <br />within the permit area is: <br />Those lands in the NE 1/4 yet south of County Road 335, Lots 3 and 4, S 1/2,S 1/2 NW 1/4, Section 1, <br />and the N 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 12, Township 6 South Range 91 West 6th Principal Meridian; and the S <br />1/2 SW 1/4 Section 5, all lands south of County Road 335 Section 6, NE 1/4, N 1/2 NW 1/4 Section 7, N <br />1/2, N 1/2 SE 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 8, S 1/2 NW 1/4, SW 1/4 Section 9, NW 1/4 Section 15, and N1/2 <br />NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 16 Township 6 South Range 90 West 6th Principal Meridian, Garfield <br />County, Colorado. <br />These areas of the permit are covered by USGS 7.5 -minute topographic maps Storm King Mountain <br />and New Castle quadrangles. The permit area is located to the south of the Colorado River, <br />approximately 7 miles west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and on the south side of County Road 335, <br />approximately 1.5 mile east of the I-70105 New Castle, Colorado interchange. The reclaimed disku-bed <br />areas (the mine portal and facilities area) are located at the base of a steep escarpment of the Grand <br />Hogback. <br />Proposed Decision <br />The Division proposes to approve the renewal application for the valid, existing Permit C-1984-065 fora <br />period of five years, beginning on October 9, 2016, and expiring on October 9, 2021. This proposed <br />decision approves the continuation of current, previously approved reclamation activities of the Permit <br />for the ensuing permit term. This proposed decision to approve the application is based on a fording that <br />the operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq., and the Regulations <br />Coal Ridge Mine <br />Permit Renewal No. 7 1 December 5, 2016 <br />