PERMFILE69909

• Permit No: C1982054
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/7/1990
• Doc Name: RECOMMENDATION AND FINDINGS FOR DENIAL OF A PERMIT RENEWAL FOR PUEBLO COAL INC CARBON JUNCT MINE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Notice of Hearing to Consider
Recommendation to Deny a Coal
Permit Renewal Application and Forfeit the Reclamation Bond
The Mined Land Reclamation Division (the Division) will recommend to the Mined
Land Reclamation Board (the Board) that an application to renew a valid,
existing permit to conduct coal mining and reclamation operations submitted by
Pueblo Coal, Inc. (PCI) for the Carbon Junction Mine (Permit No. C-8c"-054) be
denied. The Board will consider permit revocation or suspension and bond
forfeiture.
The Carbon Junction operation is located in La Plata County, approximately
2 1/2 miles southeast of Durango, Colorado. The mine is a surface coal mine
with an anticipated maximum production capacity of 500,000 tons per year. The
coal to be mined is privately owned, and the surface to be affected is
privately owned. The permit area encompasses approximately 530 acres in
Section 4, Township 34N, Range 9W; Section 33, Township 34 1/2 N, Range 9W;
and Section 33, Township 35N, Range 9W, N.M.P.M.
This recommendation to the Board is based on a finding that the proposed
operation will not comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal
Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et seq., and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
At a previous Board hearing on December 14, 1989, the Board endorsed a letter
of agreement between the Division and PCI which required PCI to comply with
certain permit renewal deficiencies by June 1, 199C. The Board ordered the
Division to re-schedule a formal hearing before the Board in June, 1990, if
conditions of the letter of agreement were not met.
As of June 1, 1990, two conditions of the letter of agreement had not been
met, resulting in the Division's denial recommendation. Copies of the
recommendation to not renew the permit are on file for public inspection at
the Mined Land Reclamation Division, Room 215, Centennial Building,
1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the County Clerk's of; ice
in La Plata County. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected
by the recommendation not to renew the permit must submit their objections to
the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Such objections shall be submitted within
thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writinc
and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the objection to
the recommendation. A formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board
will be held in Room 220, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 on
June 28, 1990, at 9:00 A.M.
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