GENERAL31745

• Permit No: C1983058
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/1/1983
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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II. Land Use - Rules 2.04,3, 2.05.5 and 4.16
Information pertaining to land use in the area can be found in Volume 1, pages
10-15 of the permit application. Both the pre-mining and post-mining land
uses are defined as wild]ife habitat and grazing. Since the post-mining land
use and the pre-mining land use are the same, the requirements of the
Regulations have been met. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(1), the
Division approves the proposed post-mining land use of wildlife habitat and
grazing for the Twin Pines No. 2 Mine.
Approximately nine acres of the portal area were disturbed prior to the
enactment of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and have not
been reclaimed in accordance with the standards of this Act. Reclamation
success standards can be adjusted according to Rule 4.15.10 for previously
disturbed areas such as the portal area. Stipulations have been attached to
the vegetation plan (Section XI of this document) to develop reclamation
success standards for areas to be reclaimed. Based on the satisfactory
resolution of those stipulations, the Division finds that achievement of the
proposed post~nining land use on previously mined areas will restore those
areas to conditions that are capable of supporting a higher use.
The existing Fremont County road to the portal will be upgraded as part of the
Twin Pines mining operation. The County has requested that the road be left
as part of the post-mining land use. The Division, in accordance with Rule
4.03.2(7)(a), approves of the retention of the read.
The Division finds the proposed operation in compliance with the requirements
of this section.
III. Cultural and Historic Resources - Rules 2.04.4 and 2.05.6(4)
Information pertaining to cultural and historic resources information is
provided in Volume I, pages 16-18 of the permit application, On page 18 of
the application, the Colorado Historical Society's letter dated November 12,
1982 stated that there were no documented cultural properties in the area of
impact of the proposed mine .
Therefore, pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(e), the Division finds that the mininy
operation will not adversely affect any publicly owhed park or place listed on
the National Register of Historic Places.
IV. Geology - Rules 2.04.5 and 2.04.6
Geologic information is presented in Volume 1, pages 19-12 and pages JFSA 7-21
of the Twin Pines No. 2 Mine permit application. The Small Operators
Assistance Program (SOAP) was used to determine the probable hydrologic
consequences of mining. Detailed regional and site-specific geology was
prepared which included structure, stratigraphy and overburden assessment. A
summary of this geological information is presented as part of the probable
hydrologic consequences section of this document, Section VIII. The relative
stratigraphic location of the seam to be mined, the Brookside seam, is shown
on the attached Generalized stratigraphic Column, Figure 4.