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C~ -6- SUM7~fARY bF THE PERMIT REVIEW HISTORY, THE DESCRIPTION OF TXE EiJVIRONMENT AtJD THE ALINING AND RECLAIAATION PLl,V Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. applied fora permit under the Colorado Surface Coal ,Mining Reclamation Act to mine Federal cog/ at the Hunger Canyon .Pine. The Salt Creek Mining Company succeeded to the rights to the permit application. The mine is located in Garfield County, Colorado approximately 20 miles north of Loma on Colorado ,Yighway I39 in Sections 27,28,29,33 and 34 of T7S~, RZ02W and Sections 2,3 and 4 of T85, R102W. 1. Permit Review History The :funger Canyon Mine :vas permitted under the interim program on July 24, 1978 (Permit No. 78-57). Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. submitted an application for a new permit on December Z2, 1980 pursuant to Section J4-33-109 of the Act. Since that time, the application has been under review by tl:e Division and the • Office of Surface Mining (05;1) to determine compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Alined Land Reclamation Board and the Surface Mininq Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. On April 21, 1981, the Division sent a letter to Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. which identified deficiencies in the application that were noted during the preliminaru adequacy review. Resolution of these deficiencies was required in order for the Division to make determinations of whether the applicant will be in compliance wits the Act. Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. responded to the comments in a meeting at the [tined Land Reclamation Di~r'sion on Ffay 4, ?981. .Responses to the letter and the meeting were submitted to tt•.e Division on June l7, 1982 and were incorporated into rife Hermit. Further responses were submitted as they were required or completed. Recently, Mack Fuel Supply, a subsidiary or Colorado-Ute Electric Association, Inc. and Loma ,Nininq Company, a subsidiary of Sheridan Ente_^prises, Ca c., _'cr.-ed a joint venture under the name of Salt Creek Minino Comnan y. Salt Creek 'lining Company has become the permit applicant and will be the operator of the `funcer Canycn fli ne _`or this :^e rmit term.