2018-07-09_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/9/2018
• Doc Name Note: For ‎(RN7)‎
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: ZTT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance July 2018
Permit Renewal No. 7 P a g e | 2
1.0 Introduction

This document is the decision (Decision) package prepared by the Colorado Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) for the renewal of the existing permit (Permit) for the
Colowyo Coal Mine (Mine). This document updates the findings documents prepared in 1982,
1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2009, and 2013 and includes: 1) the proposed decision to the Permit
Renewal Application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the renewal 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 (Rules).

The Division received an application for this Permit Renewal (RN-07) to conduct surface coal
mining and reclamation operations on April 4, 2017. The Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo)
operates the Mine and submitted the renewal application (Application). The Mine is located on
federal, state and private lands within Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado. Operations at
the Mine were first recognized in 1976 under Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division
Extraction and Development Permit 76-15 C/A, and have continued without cessation.
Legal Description of Permit Area

The permit area is located in:

All or portions of Sections 2 – 11, 14 – 22, and 28 – 30, Township 3 North, Range 93 West;
all or portions of Sections 13, 15 – 18, 20 –24, and 26 – 34, Township 4 North, Range 93
West; all or portions of Section 1 – 3, 10 – 12, and 14 – 15, Township 3 North, Range 94
West; and all or portions of Sections 12, 13, 18, 23 – 27, and 34 – 36, Township 4 North,
Range 94 West of the 6th Principal Meridian.

A more precise legal description can be found in Volume 16, Exhibit 1, Item 13 of the Permit
Application Package (PAP).