REV93206

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/14/1996
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDING OF COMPLIANCE FOR SANBORN CREEK MINE C-81-022
• Type & Sequence: PR3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the
State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)).
6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from
private surface estate; therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not
required (2.07.6(2)(f)).
7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state
and federal agencies as a result of the Section 34-33-114(3) compliance review
requved by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division finds
that Pacific Basin Resources does not own or rnntrol any operations which are
currently in violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State
law, rule, or regulation, or any provision of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act
(2.07.6(2)(g)(i)).
The Applicant Violator System (AVS) was queried on May 17, 1996 and October 29,
1996. Both queries resulted in a recommendation to issue the permit revision.
8. Pacific Basin Resources does not control and has not controlled mining operations
with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act of such nature, duration,
and with such resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an
intent not to comply with the provisions of the Act (2.07.6(2)(h)).
9. The Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to be
performed under this permit will not be inconsistent with other such operations
anticipated to be performed in areas adjacent to the permit area (2.07.6(2)(1)).
10. The Division currently holds an approved reclamation performance bond in the form
of a Letter of Credit in the amount of $1,099,743.75. The current reclamation
liability is $1,097,967.00. The reclamation cost estimate is currently being
reevaluated, as a process of the midterm review, to determine whether the current
liability is adequate to cover reclamation costs for the maximum disturbance which
will occur during the proposed permit term.
l 1. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland
within the permit area. The decision was based on a letter from the USDA Soil
Conservation Service that demonstrates that no prime farmland mapping units are
found within the permit area (2.07.6(2)(k)).
12. The Division has made a negative determination for the existence of alluvial valley
floors within the permit area. This determination is based on information provided
by the applicant which demonstrates that none of the land within the permit area has
been historically used as cropland (2.07.6(2)(k) and 2.06.8(3)(c)).
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