GENERAL33578

• Permit No: C1984063
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/31/1995
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Windings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
for
Eastside Mine (Permit No. C-84063)
Explanation of Findings
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6 of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for
Coal Mining, and the approved state program, the Division of Minerals and Geology or the
Boazd must make specific written findings prior to issuance of a permit, permit renewal or permit
revision. These findings aze based on information made available to the Division that
demonstrates that the applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface
Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in accordance with
that Rule. The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m) aze listed
in accordance with Rule 4 and aze organized under subject or discipline subtitles.
This findings document is updated upon permit renewal, which occurs every 5 years for most
mines. This is the renewal findings document for the Eastside Mine, which has a 5-year permit
term. The following findings were reevaluated and updated, if necessary, to reflect changes
which have occurred during the past permit term. Any stipulations from the original permit and
findings document or subsequent revisions that have been totally resolved to the satisfaction of
the Division, have been removed from this document.
Section A (Findings required by Rule 2.07.6(2))
The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and these
rules have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)).
2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available
to the Division, the Division finds that reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at the
Eastside Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)).
The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the
general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the
Division. This assessment, entitled Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment for the
Upper Colorado River Basin, is available for inspection at the offices of the Division.
The Division fords that the operations proposed under the application have been designed
to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit azea. See
Section B.III. for further information regarding the probable hydrologic consequences of
the Eastside Mine.
4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3,
1977, no[ within: