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Introduction The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct surface mining and reclamation operations at the Carbon Junction Mine. The mine is located in La Plata County, Colorado. The permit area encompasses approximately 530 acres within Section 4, T34N, R9W; Section 33, T34 1/2 N, R9W; and Section 33, T35N, R9W, New Mexico P.M. This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (the Division) for the Carbon Junction Mine. This document includes: 1) the recommendation that the Mined Land Reclamation Board (the Board) issue a decision to deny the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the required findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Recommendation to the Mined Land Reclamation Board The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division is recommending denial of an application for renewal of Permit C-82-054. The application was submitted by Pueblo Coal Incorporated, for the Carbon Junction Mine. This recommendation is based on a finding that the operation is not in compliance with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seg., and the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. Specific reasons for this recommendation to deny are detailed in the Findings section of this document. Requests for a formal hearing may be made within thirty (30) days of the first publication of the issuance of this proposed decision. A formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board has been scheduled for December 13. 1989. Summary History of the review process, description of the environment and description of the operations and reclamation plan. History of the Review Process Pueblo Coal Ines (PCI) Carbon Junction Mine is a surface coal operation located approximately 2 1/2 miles southeast of Durango, Colorado The mine is currently inactive and has been in temporary cessation since April, 1986.