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-8- Findings of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division for the Snowmass Coal Company - North Thompson Creek Mines Explanation of Findings Pursuant to rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of. the Colorado Mined land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, the Mined Land Reclamation Division or Board must make a number of written findings prior to the issuance of a permit. These flndings are based on information made available to the Division which demonstrates that the applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, as amended, and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. These flndings apply only to those areas desiynated within the operators flue year permit boundary. The operator will have the right to successive renewal of permits for these lands. This Findings Document 1s organized according to the mayor disciplines ,reviewed during the permitting process. The written findings which must be made by the Division are addressed under the appropriate discipline subtitle. For example, findings concerning the protection of endangered or threatened fish and wildlife species will be found under the subtitle of Fish and Wildlife. Also, any specific approvals required to be made by the Division pursuant to Rule 4 and thus requiring a written finding pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m) are discussed under the appropriate discipline subtitle. I. Legal, Financial, and Compliance Information - Rule 2.03 The legal, financial and compliance information can be found in volume I, Section 2, pages 1 through 24 of the permit application. Rule 2.03.6(2) requires that the operator provide surface right of entry information that grants or conveys the right to extract coal in those cases where the private mineral estate to be mined has been severed from the private surface estate. For the Snowmass five-year permit term, the surface and mineral estate are owned by the same entity. The leases or assignments granting entry are referenced in Volume I, pages 2-6, 17 and 18. Therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required. ~' Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(8), the Division finds that Snowmass Coal Company does not own or control any operations which are currently 1n violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or of any State law, rule, or regulations enacted pursuant to Federal law, rule, or regulation pertaining to a.tr or water environmental protection, or of any provision of the Surface Mininy Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (the Act). The basis for the Division's finding 1s on information submitted by Snowmass Coal Company on pages 2-10 and 2-16 of Volume I of the North Thompson Creek Hine appllcatlon.