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compliance review required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act, the DivlSion finds that Grand Valley Coal Company does <br />not own or control any operations which are currently in violation of any <br />law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, rule, or <br />regulation, or any provision of the Surface Mining Control and <br />Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act <br />(2.07.6(2)(g)(i)). <br />8. Grand Valley Coal Company does not control and has not controlled mining <br />operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act <br />of such nature, duration, and with such resulting irreparable damage to <br />the environment as to indicate an intent not to comply with the <br />provisions of the Act (2.07.6(2)(h)). <br />9. The Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to <br />be performed under this permit will not be inconsistent with other such <br />operations anticipated to be performed in areas adjacent to the permit <br />area (2.07.6(2)(1)). <br />10. The Division currently holds a bond in the form of a Treasury Note, in <br />the amount $324,408.75. Salt Creek Mining Company has agreed to post a <br />performance bond for Permit Revision No. 1 in the amount of $691,804.00. <br />This amount is in addition to the existing bond for $324,408.75, which <br />covers the cost of reclaiming the remainder of the operation. Taken <br />together, the total required bond coverage for the Munger Canyon Mine is <br />set at $1,016,213.00. The Division has determined that this amount will <br />be sufficient to cover the cost of reclamation at the Munger Canyon <br />Mine. The Division has approved the applicant's request to submit the <br />bond amount for the central facilities permit revision as a single <br />increment no later than 60 days prior to initiation of any disturbance <br />associated with the permit revision approval. <br />Pursuant to Rules 2.07.6(2)(j) and 3.02.1(1), the performance bond in <br />this amount will be filed with the Division, payable to the State of <br />Colorado and the Office of Surface Mining. <br />The following stipulation is required by the Division: <br />Stipulation No. 17 <br />A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $691,804.00, PAYABLE TO THE STATE OF <br />COLORADO AND THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING, MUST BE FILED WITH THE <br />DIVISION NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO INITIATING ANY DISTURBANCE <br />ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMIT REVISION APPROVAL. NO DISTURBANCE SHALL OCCUR <br />UNTIL THE PERFORMANCE BOND HAS BEEN APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE DIVISION. <br />11. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime <br />farmland within the permit area. The decision was based on a letter <br />dated December 15, 1980 from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service as well <br />as a letter dated January 10, 1985 from the SCS, that demonstrates that <br />no prime farmland mapping units are found within the permit area <br />(2.07.6(2)(k)). <br />_13_ <br />