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^! ~ <br />Division with a statement of the documents upon which it based <br />its legal right to enter and commence surface coal mining <br />operations o~ the Section 15 lands as is required by C.R.S. <br />534-33-110(2)(j) (1983 Supp.). Issuance of the permit was in <br />clear contravention of C.R.S. 534-33-114(2)(a) (1983 Supp.) <br />which states that: <br />No application for a permit or for a revision <br />of an existing permit shall be approved unless <br />the division or board finds in writing, on <br />the basis of the information set forth in the <br />application or from information otherwise <br />available which will be documented in the <br />decision and made available to the applicant, <br />that: <br />(a) The hermit application is accurate and <br />contains all information required under this <br />article and regulations promulgated there- <br />under and that all the requirements of this <br />article have been complied with; . <br />[Emphasis supplied.] <br />The Division could not have made the required finding in this <br />case because the application submitted by Trinidad Basin Mining, <br />Inc. does not contain a statement of the documents granting the <br />applicant the legal right to enter and commence coal mining <br />operations. The explanation for this omission is simple. Docu- <br />ments granting Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc. the right to enter and <br />commence coal mining operations on the Section 15 coal owned by <br />The Victor-American Fuel Company did not, and do not, exist. <br />Further, The Victor-American Fuel Company, as the owner of the <br />coal, was not given written notice of the existence of Trinidad <br />Basin Mining, Inc.'s permit application, and the publication made <br />by the applicant pursuant to C.R.S. 534-33-118 (1983 Supp.) did <br />- 2 - <br />