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i • <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(the "Division") for the Golden Eagle Mine. This document includes (1) the proposed decision to <br />approve with stipulations the permit renewal application; (2) a summary which includes a history <br />of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation <br />and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and (31 the written findings of compliance <br />the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct underground coal mining <br />and reclamation operations at the Golden Eagle Mine. The application was submitted by Basin <br />Resources, Inc., and the mine will be operated by Basin Resources, Inc. The mine is located on <br />federal and private lands within Las Animas County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands <br />included within the permit area is: <br />Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Township 33 <br />South, Range 67 West; projected Sections 27, 28, 29, 30, <br />31, 32, 33 and 34 of Township 33 South, Range 67 West; <br />and projected Sections 3 and 4 of Township 34 South, <br />Range 67 West. <br />Projected sections are partially or fully projected by <br />Basin Resources due to the unsurveyed nature of the <br />Maxwell Land Grant. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of <br />Vigil, Weston, Tercio and Little Pine Canyon. <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve with stipulations an <br />application for renewal of a valid, existing permit. The application was submitted by Basin <br />Resources, Inc. for the Golden Eagle Mine. This decision is based on a finding that the operation <br />will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et seq., and the Regulations promulgated <br />pursuant to the Act. If no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty 1301 days of the first <br />publication of the issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes final. Upon <br />submittal of acceptable surety by the applicant, the permit will be issued. The permit application, <br />all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions will become a binding part of the <br />permit. <br />The following stipulations are made part of this permit as conditions to approval of the permit <br />renewal application: <br />1 <br />