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L[C.;'~, Fi,+,-~~~CIA~ riidU 1;V14PLIAitlCE 1IvFi;r.,':ATIUiV - kULE 2.J3 <br />CkIIICAL CUIVCERfVS - <br />These are concerns that must be reso',ved prior to per~aiC issuance. <br />Empire Eneryy Corporation has provided four (4) copies of the permit <br />application to the Dlvision, but each copy is not complete. For example, <br />certain appenuices are missiny from a couple sets, and Rlap TP-1 is missing <br />Fro„~ all sets. HII sets of i. ire application must 1,e.comolete. To assisC <br />persons reviewiny the application, the paye number For each section ;oust <br />be in the Table of Contents. All responszs to this letter must 'oe in a <br />form that can be incorporated into the permit application. Empire energy <br />Corporation is respunsiUle fur inscrl.ing the reviscu pages .and ~u.ips iu~o <br />CdCn cu{iy ul~ Lhc ahpli~:dliu~i •,u LIieL each cuhy i; cu~uhlr:Le. <br />Tnere are nurnerous inconsistencies in the application reyardiny the number <br />of acres of sw-face to be disturbed. Uisturbed area acreages vary From <br />1/8.33 acres to 882 acres. the miili~~lwu number of 178.33 acres iglus .;.7 <br />for the to~.vn loadout) is given in tFu: acreayes to be reclaimed in the <br />keclamation Plan cost estimates. Itern fourteen (14) of the General <br />U,~eration Form shoves 181 acres of disturbed area. An ac re aye of 25.0 . <br />acres is yiven in Table II!-35, List of Uisturbed Areas and Associated <br />Acreages and Representative Cornrnunit;es. Table IV-6 showsL56 acres. <br />Total surface acres within the surface disturbance boundary is given as <br />88Z acres in item lb of the application form fora Permit to Conduct Coal <br />f•lininy in Colorado. Empire Energy Corporation roust uetermine the corract <br />nu~.i~er of acres of surface lands to be disturbed and use it consisten.ly <br />tnrough,uut the application. <br />Un paye II-S7, the applicant states chat no rnininy operations will be <br />cnnducteu within 300 feet of any occupied dwelling or within 100 feet of <br />Cne outside right-of-way of any public triyh:iay. However, the Division <br />muse make the finuiny that the proposed permit area is not within 30U feet <br />of an occupied dwelling, measured horizontally, or within 100 feet of a <br />public road in accordance with kule 2.U7.6(2)(d), or uemonstrate that the <br />mine had valid rights existing as of August 3, 1977. P1ap IV-2 snows State <br />Highway 789/13, County road 1U7, a private house north of the disturbed <br />ai,:a and E~~Ipire Village houses all wiChir~ the per~niL area. In order that <br />the appropriate Findings can Ue made, Empire Energy Corporation is <br />required to list the lands which are subject to limitations or <br />prohibitions within the permit and adjacent areas, Chen demonstrate thnt <br />valiu riyhts existed for these areas as uF /lugust J, lg//. KeFcr Lo itulc <br />I.U4(149) for a definition of valid existing riyhts. <br />