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Introduction This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) for the Bear Mine No. 3 permit renewal. This document includes the proposed decision to approve, with one stipulation, the permit renewal application; a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment to be affected by the operation, and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Bear Coal Company submitted an application for a successive five-year renewal of Permit No. C-81- 033 to conduct reclamation operations at the Bear No. 3 Mine. The mine will continue to be operated by Bear Coal Company. The mine is located on and/or under federal and private lands within Gunnison County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands in the permit area is as follows: Township 13 South, Ranae 90 West, 6th P.M. Section 8: S/2 SE/4 South of the River Section 16: W/2 NW/4, NW/4 NE/4 NW/4, S/2 NE/4 NW/4, SE/4 NW/4, NW/4 SW/4, W/2 NE/4 SW/4 W/2 SW/4 SW/4 Section 17: All except portions of the N/2 NWl4 and except portions ofthe NW/4 NE/4 Section 18: SE/4 SE/4, NE/4 SE/4, SE/4 NE/4 Section 20: N/2 NE/4, N/2 SE/4 NE/4, N/2 NW/4 NW/4, N/2 NE/4 NW/4, SE/4 NE/4 NW/4 Section 21: W/2 NW/4 NW/4, NW/4 SW/4 NW/4 Proposed Decision The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve, with one stipulation, an application for renewal of a valid, existing permit for the Bear No. 3 Mine. This decision is based on a finding that the operation will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et seq., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. If no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes final. The permit application, all supporting documentation and the following stipulation will become a binding part of the permit. A record of all previously required permit stipulations can be found within the Division files. The findings document for Permit Renewal No. 3, dated April 10, 1998, incorrectly listed Stipulations Nos. 21 and 32 as being active. However, these two stipulations had been