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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (the Division) for the Coal Ridge No. I Mine. This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve in part with <br />Stipulations the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and <br />reclamation plan; 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made <br />as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act; and 4) a <br />brief synopsis of the comments received from the public during the review and <br />the Division's response to the comments. Detailed information concerning the <br />findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division received an application for a permit revision at the Coal Ridge <br />No. 1 Mine. The application was submitted by New Castle Energy Corporation. <br />The mine is located on private lands within Garfield County, Colorado. The <br />legal description of the lands included within the permit area proposed for <br />approval is: All or portions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, T6S, R90W; <br />and Sections 1 and 12 of T6S, R91 W. The loadout facility which is not being <br />proposed for approval is located within Section 23, T6S, R94W. <br />