GENERAL33761

• Permit No: C1981021
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/4/1988
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN1
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Summary
The Review Process, Description of the Environment
and
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan
The Review Process
Walden Coal Company is applying fora permit renewal under the Colorado
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. The mine is located in Jackson County,
Colorado approximately seven miles east-northeast of Walden off Jackson County
Road 19 in Sections 7 and 18 of T9N, R78W. Walden Coal Company has ceased
mining operations at the Bourg Mine and the only activities associated with
this permit term will be reclamation.
The Bourg Strip Mine has been in existence since July of 1980 and has operated
under Permit Nos. 79-125 and C-81-021 issued by the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board. Walden Coal filed a complete application for permit
renewal pursuant to C.R.S. 34-33-109 (7)(d) on August 12, 1987. Since that
time, the application has been under review by the Division to determine
compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
O.n October 19, 1987, the Division sent a letter to Walden Coal Company which
identified deficiencies in the application which were noted during the
preliminary adequacy review. Resolution of these deficiencies was required in
order for the Division to make determinations of compliance. Walden Coal has
satisfactorily responded to these preliminary concerns during the course of
the review. This decision document updates the original findings of
compliance issued with the first permit term. The original permit application
was submitted on February 13, 1981. Permit C-81-021 was issued on
April 21, 1983.
Description of the Environment
The mine site is located on a 160 acre private parcel of land located in the
parkland of North Park at an elevation of approximately 8100 feet. Land use
in this area consists of grazing and wildlife habitat. U. S. Bureau of Land
Management land surrounding the permit area is grazed by cattle from May to
July. Predominant wildlife in the area consists of antelope, sage grouse,
mule deer, and rabbits.
The Bourg Mine occurs on the northeastern edge of the McCallum anticline and
within a faulted synclinal wrinkle, the Bourg syncline. The syncline on the
Bourg property dips a maximum of 410 on the southwest, 150 on the
northeast, and plunges 70 to 80 on the northwest.
The coal-bearing unit at the Bourg Mine is the Coalmont Formation consisting
of coal, shales, siltstones and sandstones. The Coalmont Formation overlies
the Pierre shale and underlies gravels derived from pediments in the immediate
area. Portions of two coal seams within the Coalmont Formation were mined,
the Hoyle Seam and the Sudduth Seam.