GENERAL31766

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 3/27/1991
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR1
• From: Add to Somerset Mine & New Sanborn Creek Mine
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

SECTION A
Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(21.
The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the
Act and these rules have been complied with. (2.07.6f21(all.
Based on information contained in the permit application and other
information available to the Division, the Division finds that surface
coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at the Somerset
Mine. (2.07.6(21(bll. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts
of all anticipated coal mining in the general area on the hydrologic
balance, as described in 2.05.6(31, has been made by the Division. This
assessment entitled "Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Study; North Fork of
the Gunnison River" is available for inspection at the offices of the
Division. The Division finds that the operations proposed under the
application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic
balance outside the proposed permit area. (2.07,6(21(cll.
The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights
existing as of August 3, 1977, not within:
a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
(2.07.6(21(dl(i11;
bl An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal
mining operations (2.07,6(21(dl(iil);
cl The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife
Refuge System, the National System of Trails, the National
Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System
including rivers under study for designation, and National
Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(dl(iiil(A)1;
dl Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church,
community or institutional building, or public park
(2.07.6(21(dl(iiil(B)1;
el One hundred feet of a cemetary (2.07,6(21(dlliiil(CI1;
fl The boundaries of any National Forest unless the required finding
of compatibility has been made by the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. (SPECIALIST REFERENCE CONCURRENCE LETTER
FROM U.S.F.S. IF APPROPRIATE.1 (2.07.6(21(dl(iiil(DI);
gl One hundred feet of the outside right-of-way line of any public
road except where mine access or haul roads join such line, and
excepting any roads for which the necessary approvals have been
received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided,
and written findings made f2.07,6(21(dl(ivll, The proposed Sanborn
Creek mine permit area is located within 100 feet of State Highway
133. According to information contained in the permit revision
document and gained from the public meeting held on March 21, 1991
in the town of Somerset, the Division finds that:
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