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Sec. 22: Portion of NW'/<NW'/a, on lands owned by the Union Pacific <br />Railroad <br />Townshia 12 South, Ranee 91 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE'/<NW'/o, S'/zNE'/< <br />Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16, S'/zNE''/4, S'hNW'/<, <br />* North of old State Highway 133 <br />** North of Deer Trail Ditch <br />Proposed Decision <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to Approve With Five Stipulations an <br />application for a permit revision to revise coal mining operations. <br />The application was submitted by BRL for the mine. This decision is based on a finding that the <br />operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program, as found in the <br />Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Aci, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et. seq., and the Regulations <br />promulgated pursuant to the Act. if no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty (30) <br />days of the first publication of the issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes <br />final. The original permit to conduct coal mining operations was issued on April 4, 1997. The <br />Division is in possession of a reclamation bond in the form of cash and a corporate surety, whose <br />combined value is more than the amount of the estimated reclamation bond liability. <br />The permit renewal application, all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions <br />will become a binding part of the permit. <br />The original permit approval contained Stipulations Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. All four of these <br />stipulations were complied with when BRL secured the necessary permits and approvals. <br />Stipulation No. 5 was attached to Minor Revision No. 4 and was complied with when BRL <br />performed the required action. Stipulation No. 6 had been attached to Minor Revision No. 5 and <br />was complied with when BRL submitted the required revised maps and permit application text. <br />Stipulation No. 7 was attached to the decision for Permit Revision No. 2. Approval of Permit <br />Revision No. 4 was conditioned on three new stipulations, numbers 8, 9 and 10. For the approval <br />of Permit Revision No. 5, Stipulations numbers 7 and 8, and new compliance issues brought up <br />during the review of PR-O5, were combined into a new stipulation, Stipulation number 12. <br />Stipulations numbers 7 and 8 were, subsequently, terminated. Stipulations numbers 9 and 10 are <br />still active. Stipulation No. 11, attached to Field Minor Revision No. 17, was complied with <br />when BRL supplied the required permit text. Stipulation No. 13 was added to the decision for <br />Permit Revision No. 6. Stipulation No. 14 is attached to the proposed decision for Permit <br />Renewal No. 1. The following are the active stipulations: <br />2 <br />