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Introduction <br /> This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety (the Division)for the Hayden Gulch Loadout. This document includes: <br /> 1)the proposed decision to approve the renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a <br /> history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br /> operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3)the written findings of <br /> compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br /> Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in <br /> the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN-06)to conduct surface <br /> coal mining and reclamation operations at the Hayden Gulch Loadout. Prior to determining <br /> whether or not to approve a permit application, the Division is required by law to make specific <br /> written findings. Those findings are required by Section 34- 33- 114 of the Colorado Surface <br /> Coal Mining Reclamation Act and Section 2. 07. 6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br /> Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. This document presents those findings and the <br /> Division's proposed decision regarding approval of the Loadout's permit renewal application. <br /> This document also contains a description of the environment affected by the operation and <br /> summaries of the mining and reclamation plans. <br /> Replacement of Previous Findings Documents <br /> This findings document replaces the findings documents from the Loadout's previous renewal <br /> and midterm reviews although much of the information in this document is derived from those <br /> previous documents. <br /> Information Sources for Permit and Review Process <br /> The review process for permit renewals is described in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br /> Reclamation Act(C.R.S. 34- 33- 101 et seq.) and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Rules referred to in this document are contained within <br /> those regulations. Specific information about HGT's mining and reclamation operations can be <br /> found in the permit application and permit revision applications on file with the Division of <br /> Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. <br /> 1 <br />