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Terror Creek Loadout(C-1983-059) MT-8 <br /> Section I - Mine History and the Environment <br /> Mine Status and History <br /> The Terror Creek Loadout was permitted and originally operated as an independent coal handling and <br /> train loadout facility and is located in Delta County, approximately four miles north of the town of <br /> Paonia, Colorado. The Terror Creek Loadout was permitted under the permanent state regulatory <br /> program in 1983. The loadout was originally permitted by the Terror Creek Company and through <br /> Minor Revision No. 25 the permittee changed to the current Terror Creek, LLC. The original 1983 <br /> permit has been renewed seven times. <br /> Permit(C-1983-059) Date Issued <br /> Division issues Permit C-1983-059 August 23, 1983 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 1 September 26, 1988 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 2 August 23, 1993 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 3 August 23, 1998 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 4 August 23, 2003 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 5 July 10, 2008 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 6 February 28, 2015 <br /> Permit Renewal No. 7 February 29, 2020 <br /> Description of the Environment <br /> The coal loadout facilities are located approximately four miles northeast of Paonia along State <br /> Highway No. 133. The 20.00 acre permit area is situated on a moderately steep colluvial deposit <br /> between State Highway No. 133 and the flood plain of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, at an <br /> approximate elevation of 5,900 feet. The permit area is located in portions of Sections 15 Township <br /> 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th Principal Meridian. <br /> The primary land uses in the general area are irrigated agriculture, underground coal mining, and <br /> wildlife habitat. Orchards and pasture lands are irrigated via the Fire Mountain Canal, which diverts <br /> water from the North Fork of the Gunnison, and the Deer Trail Ditch, which diverts water from <br /> Hubbard Creek. The pre-disturbance land use at the Loadout was for irrigated orchards. <br /> Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plan <br /> Although the Loadout is no longer being used to handle coal, and some reclamation work has taken <br /> place at the site, no bond release application has been submitted to the Division as of the date of <br /> these Findings. <br /> Permitted facilities at the Terror Creek Loadout consist of a truck scale, raw, crushed, and sorted coal <br /> stockpiles, crushing and screening facilities, a train loadout facility, and an office, shop, bathhouse, <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br />