GENERAL32414

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/13/1985
• Doc Name: APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF COAL PERMIT AND SUCCESSION OF OPERATORS PORTION OF TRAPPERS PERM
• From: MLRD
• To: EMPIRE ENERGY CORP
• Permit Index Doc Type: STIPULATIONS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Fichard D. Lamm
Governor
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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES _ _.__ "`
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MtNEQ LAND RECLAMATION DIVISIOf~ -
DAVIDC..SHELTON, Dtrsetor - -
February 13, 1985
Mr. Richard A. Mills
Environmental Engineer
Empire Energy Corporation
P.0. Box 68
Craig, Colorado 81626
Re: Approval of Request for Transfer of Coal Permit and Succession of
Operators - Portion of Trapper's Permit, Response to Stipulation No. 28
to Empire Energy Corporation's Permit No. C-044-81
Special Note: This document to be included in Permit Documents file
for this operation.
Dear Mr. Mills:
On September 18, 1984, the Division approved a rider to Empire Energy
Corporation's mining permit to allow an extension of the permit boundary into
an. area know as the Utah Tract and for a change in the mining technique from
conventional room and pillar mining to longwall mining. The increase in the
permit area is approximately 430 acres. The surface of this tract is owned by
Trapper Mining, Inc., and was contained within the Trapper Mine permit
boundary. Two hundred and ninety-three areas of tract have been previously
surface mined and reclaimed. Longwall mining may affect 201 acres of the
reclaimed area. Additional information is contained in the Findings Document
of August 10, 1984 for the Utah Tract revision.
AS a stipulation (Stipulation No. 28) to the permit rider for the Utah Tract
revision, Empire Energy Corporation was required to complete the transfer of
permit and succession of operators process, as per Rule 2.08.6, prior to
longwall mining in this area. On December 10, 1984, the Division received a
technical package from Empire Energy Corporation containing information that
addresses this stipulation (this information will be inserted into
Appendix IV-17 of the permit document). This information was reviewed along
with a technical revision request from Trapper Mining, Inc. (submitted on
November 1, 1984) far exclusion of the tract from within the Trapper Mine
permit boundary.
The succession area is located in the E1/2 of Section 5 and W1/2 of Section 4,
T5N, R91W of the 6th P.M., Moffat County, Colorado. The succession area is
shown on the Exhibit A maps submitted by Empire Energy Corporation and on Maps
M3, M4 and M7 of the technical revision request submitted by Trapper Mining,
Inc. Not included in the succession area are two topsoil stockpiles and
access roads which will remain within the Trapper Mine permit boundary.
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