PERMFILE62432

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/13/2000
• Section_Exhibit Name: 1996 Rule 2.03 Permit Application Requirements
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

i Both State and Federal records were examined, and nothing within the proposed permit area is capable
of being classified as an azea designated unsuitable for mining. The investigation included review of the
following items:
1. State and local land use plans
2. Fragile and historic lands
3. Potential for loss or reduction of long range productivity of water supply and food of
fiber products
4. Natural hazazd lands in relation to endangering life and property.
5. Areas of unstable geology and frequent Gooding
6. Public health and safety
7. Lands subject to prohibitions or limitations
Previous findings by the DMG in conjunction with previous permit renewals have confirmed that.
1. The permit area is not within an azea designated, or under study for designation, as
unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
2. There are no occupied dwellings within 300 feet of the mine permit boundary or land
subject to prohibitions or limitations.
2.03.8 PERMIT TERM INFORMATION
The original Permit to Conduct Coal Mining in Colorado was approved for the Hayden Gulch Mine on
January 4, 2981. The most recent renewal of Permit No. C-80-003 was approved February 11, 1997 and
• expires January 4, 2002. A permit renewal application was filed with CDMG on July 11, 2001,
In response to the 1984 mid-term permit review by the MLRD, HGCC revised its pemut to reflect a
substantially shorter Gfe-of--mine and smaller mine operation than originally planned. In November 1987,
HGCC submitted a Notice of Intention for Temporary Cessation to the MLRD which was followed by
several Technical Revisions (I'Rs) to the permit pertaining to final reclamation and mine closure plans.
In September 1987, HGCC submitted a Phase I bond release request for the estimated 318 mine aces that
had been reclaimed from 1978 through 1986. That request was approved by the MLRD in March 1988.
The 30 acre mine facility area, which was reclaimed in 1987, included the shop, warehouse, offices and
powder magazine facilities. Since 1987, activities at the mine and under this permit have consisted of
routine environmental monitoring, minor reclamation maintenance work, and periodic evaluation of
reclamation success. A Phase I bond release request for the 30 aae mine facility azea was submitted in
July 1996. That request was approved by DMG in )tine 1997.
The Mining and Reclamation Permit was renewed again in January 1992 and the Division initiated a mid-
term review in August 1994. This Technical Revision permit request was prepared partially in response
to that mid-term permit review.
In February 1998, HGCC submitted a Phase II/Phase III bond release request for an estimated 357 aces
that had been reclaimed between 1978 and ] 987. The DMG approved the request in June ] 999. The
bond release request covered both mine-pit and facility areas. Excluded were three shmb enclosure areas
(Pond 003, Pond HG-8 and Parcel E) and the slump area at the former highwall. Technical Revision 68
(I'R-68), which is located at the front of this pemut volume, presents changes that occurred to the permit
as a result of the partial Phase II/Phase III bond release.
For reference purposes, Table 2.08-1 in Section 2.08 summarizes all permit stipulations and revisions
proposed or approved since the January 1987 renewal. 1987 was chosen as the "base year" for this TR
document since it represents the termination of mine and reclamation operations at the mine and
beginning of the post reclamation monitoring period. In addition, many permit revisions since 1987
pertain to reclamation issues which are still relevant and may be revisited prior to complete bond release.
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