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-2- On July 19, 1985 the Division approved a mining and reclamation plan for the Revision 2 Area (Deep Creek Canyon). This area, a 98.64 acre tract, is located south of the mine facilities area across Highway 151 in Deep Creek Canyon. The permittee did not receive Federal approval for this revision area, therefore, Chimney Rock withdrew the revision on January 14, 1986. The actual disturbed area at the mine site totals 187.5 acres; 86.7 acres in the original and Barren Ridge areas; 22.9 acres in the Revision 1 area. Seventy point seven percent or 61.3 acres remain to be reclaimed in the original and Barren Ridge area, while 98.26 percent or 22.5 acres remain unreclaimed in the Revision 1 Area. On September 30, 1985, the Division was form temporary cessation of mining at the Chimney this notification, the total permitted area, Area (Deep Creek) was 187.5 acres. Of this, original and Barren Ridge tracts, while 47.5 tract. illy notified of the Rock Mine. At the time of excluding the Revision 2 140 acres are in the acres are in the Revision It is projected that the mine site will remain idle through the summer of 1986; at which point a decision may be made to reclaim the mine site, or reinitiate mining. II. Decision to Require Revision Based on this mid-term review the Division finds that certain revisions and modifications are needed to ensure future compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The following section details the revisions required, justification for requiring the revisions, and timetable for submitting the revisions. All responses should be submitted as one package by April 1, 1986, while bonding responses should be submitted by March 15, 1986. The Division has noted during this review that six (6) stipulations appear to have not been addressed. These stipulations must be satisfied within the time frames noted above.