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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (the Division) for the Rimrock Mine. This document <br />includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit <br />application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit <br />application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a <br />description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Rimrock Mine. The application was <br />submitted by Rimrock Coal Company, a Colorado corporation. The mine will be <br />operated by Rimrock Coal Company. The mine is located on private lands within <br />Las Animas County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included <br />within the permit area is: SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, Section 29, Township 33 <br />South, Range 63 West, 6th Principal Meridian. <br />-1- <br />