GENERAL32975

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/17/2002
• Doc Name: Findings of Compliance & Decision for Transfer of Coal Permit
• From: SO1 From H-G Coal Company to Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

This document contains the findings and proposed decision for a Request for Transfer of Coa] Permit
and Succession of Operator. The request was received by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
Geology (the Division) on 21 October 2002 and proposes to transfer permit no. C-80-003 from the
current permittee, HG Coal Company, to Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc. (HGTI). The application was
submitted and reviewed pursuant to section 2.08.6 of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
On 21 October 2002 the Division received a Request for Transfer of a Coal Permit and Succession of
Operators from the HG Coal Company. The initial application was properly executed as required by
Rule 2.08.6(2)(b) and was called complete by the Division on 30 October 2002. As required by Rule
2.08.6(3), the Division received an Affidavit of Publication indicating that the proper legal notice had
been published in the Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO) on 3 November 2002.
The Division sent an initial adequacy letter to the Operator on 4 November 2002 with concerns
regazding identification of interests, issues in the Applicant Violator System (AVS) and the
replacement performance bond that was submitted with the request. The Operator responded to the
letter on 25 November 2002. On 2 December 2002 the Division sent out a second adequacy letter
regazding the replacement performance bond. The Operator responded to the letter on 12 December
2002.
The Division proposes to APPROVE without stipulations the Reguest for Transfer of Coal Permit and
Succession of Operator.
1. The Division finds that a properly executed Request for Transfer of Coal Permit and
Succession of Operator application form has been submitted to the Division in compliance
with Rule 2.08.6(2)(b).
2. The Division finds that a properly executed Coal Reclamation Bond has been posted by the
successor Operator and approved as follows:
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Corporate Surety #
64S 103869264BCM in the amount of $27,437.27.
On 16 December 2002, the Division recalculated the remaining liability at the HG Mine and
determined that the corporate surety of $27,437.27 is adequate to complete reclamation at
the site if the permit is revoked and the bond forfeited.
The Division finds that the Identification of Interests information required by Section 2.03.4
has been properly submitted, reviewed and deemed adequate as required by Rule
2.08.6(2)(b)(iii).