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iNTRODI TC'TTC)N <br /> This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br /> Division) for the McClane Canyon Mine. This document includes: 1)the proposed decision to approve, <br /> with stipulations,the permit renewal application;2)a summary which includes a history of the review of the <br /> permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the <br /> mining and reclamation plan; and 3)the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required <br /> by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br /> compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br /> Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a permit renewal (RN-05)to conduct surface coal mining and <br /> reclamation operations at the McClane Canyon Mine. The application was submitted by Lodestar Energy <br /> Inc. (LEI), the previous operator of the McClane Canyon Mine. The permit was recently transferred to <br /> Central Appalachia Mining, LLC (CAM), the current operator and permittee. The mine is located on <br /> federal and private lands within Garfield County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included <br /> within the permit area is: <br /> The following portions of Township 7 South,Range 102 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian: <br /> Section 15-ALL <br /> Section 16-El/2 <br /> Section 21 -El/2,El/2 WI/2, SWl/4 NWl/4,NW1/4 SWl/4 <br /> Section 22-ALL <br /> Section 27-NI/2 <br /> Section 28-NW IA NE1/4&NE1/4 NW 1/4 <br /> 1 <br />