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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />SIB IS.~;~1.0 INTRODUCTION~~ <br />This document represents the Lorencito Coal Company, LLC application for a permit to mine coal <br />at the Lorencito Canyon Mine. The description of the area is provided in the Legal and Financial <br />Section, 2.03, and is depicted on the Surface Ownership Map (2.03.4-1). This application is <br />submitted to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) for approval of a permit <br />to mine and reclaim disturbed lands associated with the operations. <br />1.1 DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION OF PERMIT DOCUMENT <br />This permit application is organized in such a manner that generally corresponds with the CDMG <br />regulations and includes information as required under Rules 2.03 Legal and Financial <br />Information; 2.04 Environmental Resources; 2.05 Application for Permit for Surface or <br />Underground Mining Activities -Minimum Requirements for Operation and Reclamation Plans; <br />2.06 Requirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining; Rule 3 Bonding; and Rule 4 <br />Performance Standards. The requirements of Rule 4 have been incorporated into the appropriate <br />discussions contained in Rule 2. Further supplemental information not included in the text of the <br />application is provided in the form of figures, tables, maps, and exhibits. <br />1.2 GEOGRAPHIC SETTING <br />The Lorencito Canyon Mine is located approximately 20 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado on <br />Colorado State Highway 12 (Figure 1). The area to be affected over the life of the operation, in <br />its entirety, is within Las Animas County. The approximate elevation of the mine plan area is <br />7,000 feet above sea level and varies significantly over the permit area. <br />bo~dv.,- <br />The Purgatoire River and South Fork of the Purgatoire River~oarde~the permit area to the north <br />and west, respectively. However, proposed mining operations will not include any disturbance <br />to these streams. There are also numerous ephemeral drainages within the permit area, some of <br />which will contain disturbance from mining activities. <br />1.3 OPERATIONS AND RECLAMATION ~ ~~ ,,,,,,ti,~.,l <br />Operations at the Lorencito Canyon Mine will include both surface andCunderground mining) Life <br />of mine reserves are estimated to be approximately 50 million tons to be recovered over a 20 year <br />period. Surface mining will occur in the Jeff Canyon area and a mountain top removal operation <br />using cast blasting and equipment removal of overburden and coal is proposed. Underground <br />mining is also proposed at the Pl/P2, P3, Rl/R2, and R3/R4 portal sites. Room and pillar mining <br />will be conducted underground. As coal is mined, it will be trucked to the raw coal loadout <br />facility located in Lorencito Canyon. It will be loaded into rail cars and shipped to the existing <br />New Elk preparation plant for processing and shipment to markets. <br /> <br />PERMR 0]5\Dvamb<r ?J. 1996 1-1 <br />