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or mining related disturbance is proposed or approved in the subject locations or <br />elsewhere in the permit area. Further, BLM terminated Right -of -Way Lease No. COC - <br />36791 by decision dated February 2, 2004. Activities that had been authorized under the <br />lease (coal stockpile, supply yard, sediment ponds, and a waste coal refuse disposal <br />area), and which may have impacted the eligible sites, were never initiated, are no longer <br />proposed by the operator, and are no longer approved by DRMS or BLM. <br />Cultural and Historic Resources are addressed in Section 4.1.5 of the permit application <br />text, in Volume 1, and in Appendix J, of Volume 3. The Volume 1 text includes a <br />commitment to immediately notify the BLM if cultural resources are discovered during <br />operations. The BLM lease termination of COC -36791 is included in Permit Appendix <br />C, Exhibit le, of Volume 3. <br />6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private <br />surface estate, therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required <br />(2.07.6(2)(f)). <br />7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and <br />federal agencies as a result of the Section 34-33-114(3) compliance review required by the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division finds that CAM Mining, <br />LLC does not own or control any operations which are currently in violation of any law, <br />rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, rule, or regulation, or any provision <br />of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act (2.07.6(2)(g)(i)). This finding was confirmed by the Division's check of <br />the OSM Applicant Violator System (AVS), on March 5, 2018, and March 30, 2018. <br />8. CAM Mining, LLC does not control and has not controlled mining operations with a <br />demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act of such nature, duration, and with such <br />resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an intent not to comply with <br />the provisions of the Act (2.07.6(2)(h)). This finding was confirmed by the Division's <br />check of the OSM Applicant Violator System (AVS), on March 5, 2018 and March 30, <br />2018. <br />9. The Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to be performed <br />under this permit will not be inconsistent with other such operations anticipated to be <br />performed in areas adjacent to the permit area (2.07.6(2)(i)). <br />10. The Division estimates the reclamation liability for mining operations in this permit term to <br />be $44,468.10. The Division currently holds a $49,121.12 performance bond for the Munger <br />Canyon Mine. The performance bond is adequate for the permitted site. (2.07.6(20)(j)). <br />11. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland within <br />the permit area. The decision was based on a letter dated December 15, 1980 from the U.S. <br />Soil Conservation Service as well as a letter dated January 10, 1985 from the SCS (now <br />10 <br />