GENERAL30115

• Permit No: C1984065
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/6/1990
• Doc Name: Midterm Review Findings Document
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
Department of Natural Resources
Y313 Sherman 51.. Room 275
Denver, CO 80203
303 866-3567
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Fred R. Banta,
DATE• April 6, 1990 Division Duector
T0: Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine (C-84-065) File
FROM: Bill Crick''~~
RE: Mid-Term Review
This memo presents the results of the Division's mid-term review of New Castle
Energy, Inc.'s Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine. This review was conducted to fulfill
the requirements of Rues 2.08.3, 2.06.2(10). 2.06.3(4), 2.06,5(3), 2.06.7(5),
and 3,02.2(4).
Rule 2.08.3 requires that the Division conduct a review of each permit issued
prior to its mid-term, in this case 1-1/2 years. Based on this review, for
good cause shown, the Division mdy require reasonable revision or modification
of the permit to ensure compliance with the Act and Regulations.
Rule 2.06.2, 2,06,3, 2.06,5, 2.06.7 require that experimental practices,
mountaintop removal variances, variances from AOC, and variances from
contemporaneous reclamation be reviewed by the Division during the mid-term
review. These Rules are not applicable to the Coal Ridge No. 1 operation.
Rule 3.02.2(4) requires that the Division review the amount of the bond and
the terms of acceptance of the bond.
The original mining and reclamation permit for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine was
issued to Storm King Mines, Inc. on November 11, 1985, with a permit term of
three years. The name of the company was subsequently changed to New Castle
Energy Corporation, An application for permit renewal was received by the
Division on April 12, 1987. Numerous adequacy issues from the previous
mid-term review were outstanding at the time, Following more than a year of
attempts to gain financing, New Castle Energy formally requested a permit
renewal allowing only reclamation activities on January 17, 1989.
The permit for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine was renewed on December 10, 1989,
allowing only reclamation activities, and for a permit term of 3 years, At
that time adequacy issues pertinent to the reclamation plan were resolved,
several of which required Stipulations to the permit. Since the renewal took
place no revisions have been approved by the Division, therefore the status of
the permit has not changed. For this reason the Division is requiring no
revision of the permit at this time.