PERMFILE61533

• Permit No: M1977285
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: DEVELOPMENT & EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
Permit No. 77-285
1313 Sherman Street, Room 723 Telephone: [phone]
Denver, Colorado 80203
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DEVLZOP~fENT A:VD EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT ~_ ~' / /
THIS PER^tIT is issued this lst day of May 1978 by the Mined Land
Reclamation Board, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Union Carbide Corporation desires to conduct a(n)underground mining
operation, knocan as The Sunday Mine for the purpose of extracting underground
mined uranium- and
Vanadium
WHEREAS, on September.30 1977 Union Carbide Corporation "FILED" an
application,a reclamation plan and map, and the required fee, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on February 23 1978 the Mined Land Reclamation Board approved
The Union Carbide Corporation application and set bond; and
WHEREAS, on May 1 1978 the Mined Land Reclamation Board accepted
surety submitted by Union Carbide Corporation and such date shall be considered the
date of issuance of [he permit and the anniversary date for all other purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has made a finding, for the purposes
of issuing this permit, that:
1) the application complies with the requirements of the Colorado
Mined Lard Reclamation Act and all applicable local, state and
Federal laws; and,
2) the operation will not adversely affect the stability of any
~ significant, valuable, and permanent man--made structures located
within two hundred feet of the affected land, except where there
is an agreement between the operator and the persons having an
interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to be
compensated for by the operator; and,
3) the proposed mining operations and reclamation can be carried o~it
in conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-116, as
amended (1976 Sess. Laws H.B. 1005); an3
~~EREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, the operator has Made a
satis:actory showing to the Board that he will employ during and after h:.s
underground mining operations procedures reasonably designed to minimize
as much as practicable the disruption from the underground mining operations
and will provide for the rehabilitation of the affected land through the rehabilitation
of plant cover, soil stability, water resources, and other measures appropriate to the
subsequent beneficial use of such mined and reclaimed lands; and that in the event
of the failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will take whatever measures which
may be necessary in order to assure the success of reclamation of the lards affected
by his underground mining operations; and,
WHEREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, a copy of the application
approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado is attached
to this permit and thereby becomes a part of the terms hereof.
NOiJ, TIIEREFORE, pursuant to the authority set forth in the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation Act, Article 32 of Title 34, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, (1976
Sess. Laws H.B.. 1065) the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado
hereby issues a life of the mine permit to Union Carbide Corporation to engage
in underground mining for the purpose of extracting underground
mined uranium -vanadium on the following parcel of ground, to wit:
Portions of the SE4 and the E} of
of the NWT of Section 24, all in
County, Colorado.
the SW~ section 13, and a portion
T44N, R18W, NM PM, San Miguel