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<br />Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology (the Division) for the Edna Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed <br />decision to approve, with stipulations, the permit renewal application; 2) a summary <br />which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation <br />plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the <br />findings of 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 renewal of a permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Edna Mine. The application was submitted by <br />The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company (P&M). The mine will be operated by <br />P&M. The mine is located on federal, state, and private lands within Routt County, <br />Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area includes: <br />Township 5 North, Range 85 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />S'/zNW'/a, NE'/s, S'/z Sec. 31, SW'/aNW'/a Sec. 32 <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />E'/zE'/z Sec. 36 <br />Township 4 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />E'/a, SE'/a Sec. 12, S'/z, NE'/a, E'/zNW'/a, SW'/aNW'/a Sec. 13, <br />SE'/aS'/zNE'/a Sec. 14, NE'/a Sec. 23, N'/z, E'/zSW'/a, NW'/aSW'/a, <br />N%zSE'/a, W'/zSE'/a Sec. 24, NE'/a, N'/zSE'/a Sec. 25 <br />Township 4 North, Range 85 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />N''/z, SW'/a, W'/zSE'/a Sec. 7, NW'/aNW'/a Sec. 8, W'/zW'/z Sec. 17, <br />Sec. 18, N''/z, SW'/a Sec. 19, NW'/a Sec. 30 <br />Edna Mine i Permit Renewal No. 4 <br />