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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (the Division) for the Munger Canyon Mine, a federal coal <br />mine located in Garfield County. The document includes: <br />1) the proposed decision to approve the permit renewal application; <br />2) a summary which Includes a description of the history of the review of <br />the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />mining operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required <br />by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All <br />Rules referenced in this document are contained within those regulations. <br />Detailed information about the proposed mining and reclamation operation can <br />be found in the permit application on file (No. C-81-020) in the public record <br />maintained by the Division and at the County Clerk's Office for Garfield <br />County located at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Munger Canyon Mine. The <br />application was submitted by Salt Creek Mining Company. Salt Creek Mining <br />Company has undergone a sale and transfer of ownership and is owned by Adobe <br />Company under the name Grand Valley Coal Company. The mine will be operated <br />by Grand Valley Coal Company. The mine is located on federal lands within <br />Garfield and Mesa Counties, Colorado. The legal description of the lands <br />included within the permit area is: <br />Township 7 South, Range 102 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 21: Portions of SW 1/4 SW 1/4, portions of NW 1/4 SW 1/4 <br />Section 27: Portions of NW 1/4 SW 1/4, portions of NE 1/4 SW 1/4, <br />portions of NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, portions of SE 1/4 <br />SW 1/4, portions of NW 1/4 SE 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4 <br />SE 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, portions of SE 1/4 SE 1/4 <br />Section 28: Diagonal SW 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4, portions of <br />S 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4, portions of SW 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4, <br />N 1/2 N 1/2 SE 1/4, N 1/2 S 1/2 NW 1/4 SE 1/4, N 1/2 <br />S 1/2 NE 1/4 SE 1/4, N 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4 SW 1/4, NE 1/4 <br />NW 1/4 SW 1/4,portions of NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4, portions <br />of SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4, portions of W 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 <br />Section 29: S 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4, portions of SE 1/4 NE 1/4, <br />portions of NE 1/4 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, portions of <br />E 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4, portions of NE 1/4 SW 1/4, <br />portions of NW 1/4 SE 1/4, portions of N 1/2 NE 1/4 <br />SE 1/4, diagonal NW 1/2 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, portions <br />of SE 1/4 SW 1/4 <br />