PERMFILE69861

• Permit No: M2006039
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/20/2006
• Doc Name: Decision Letter
• From: DRMS sss
• To: Chevron Shale Oil Company
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman S[., Room 215
Colorado 80203
Denver C O L D AA D O
, DIVISION OF
Phone: [phone] ~ RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING
- bt-
SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
PERFORMANCE WARRANTY Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Permittee: Chevron Shale Oil Company, a division of Chevron USA, Inc.
Operation: North Clear Creek Construction Materials Mine
Permit No: M-2006-039
This form has been approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board pursuant to sections 34-32-117, C.R.S., of
the Mined Land Reclamation Act and 34-32.5-117, C.R.S., of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the
Extraction of Construction Materials. Any alteration or modification of this form, without approval by the
Board shall result in the fznancial warranty being invalid and result in the voiding of any permit issued in
conjunction with such invalid financial warranty and subject the operator to cease and desist orders and civil
penalties for operating without a permit pursuant to sections 34-32-123, C.RS, of the Mined Land Reclamation
Act and 34-32.5-123, C.R.S., of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction
Materials .
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
WHEREAS, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-32-101 et sue. (the "Act"), as amended,
and the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials, C.R.S. 34-32.5-101 et sec .
(the "Act"), as amended, provides that no permit maybe issued under the Act until the Mined Land Reclamation
Board (the "Board") receives a performance warranty (or warranties) that is a written promise to comply with all
applicable requirements of the Act.
WHEREAS, Chevron Shale OilCompany, a division of Chevron USA, Inc. (the "Permittee"),has applied for
a permit to conduct a mining operation known as North Clear Creek Construction Materials Mine (the "Operation")
on certain lands in Garfield County, Colorado. These lands are described in the permit application, as amended and
supplemented, and are referred to herein as the "Affected Lands".
WHEREAS, in its application for the permit, the Permittee has agreed to be bound by all requirements ofthe
Act and all applicable rules and regulations of the Board, as amended from time to time.
WHEREAS, the Board has determined, in accordance with the Act, that the estimated costs of reclamation
with regard to those affected lands in Garfield County which are now or may become subject to the permit are those
amounts for the stated periods of time as set forth in the financial warranty, which may be amended from time to
time to reflect revised estimates of said costs of reclamation.
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines