GENERAL34534

• Permit No: C1984065
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/1/1991
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Division (the Division) for Permit Revision No. 2, for NCIG
Financial, Inc .'s Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine. The document includes: 1) the
proposed decision to approve the permit revision application, 2) a summary
of the review process for this revision, 3) a description of the environment
of the proposed loadout site, 4) a description of th operation
and reclamation plans, 5> a section which lists the stipulations currently
in effect for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine, and, 6) the written Findings of
Compliance as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.
Detailed information about the required Findings can be found in the
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The revision permits a 4.35-acre facility for the rail loading of coal at
Lacy, Colorado, in an existing industrial park. The Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine
is located approximately 15 miles east of the loadout site, south and east
of the town of New Castle, Colorado.
Proposed Decision
In accordance with Section 34-33-114(1), the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Division proposes to approve Permit Revision Number 2 for NCIG Financial
Inc.'s Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine, permit number C-84-065.
This decision is based upon the finding that the operations proposed to be
approved will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal
Mining and Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and
the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
Summary of the Review Process
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On October 19, 1990 the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board approved the
Division's decision to approve, in part, Permit Revision No. 1 for the Coal
Ridge Mine. That revision had, during the adequacy review process, proposed
to add the coal loading site which is the subject of this document. The
Division, in a decision later upheld by the Board, determined that the timing
of the proposed loadout submittal denied the public a right to full review of
the proposal. The loadout was therefore excluded from the approval of Permit
Revision No. 1. The Findings Document for that Revision stated that New
Castle Energy Corporation, now NCIG Financial, Inc., would be required to
submit a separate Permit Revision for the loadout.
This Permit Revision was submitted by NCIG Financial on February 26, 1991 and
was deemed complete on March 8, 1991 by the Division. The initial adequacy
letter was sent to the applicant on April 16, 1991. Responses to the
Division's concerns were submitted by NCIG on June 6, 1991, and the Division
sent a second adequacy letter on June 11, 1991. Additional adequacy responses
were submitted by the applicant on June 21, July 30, and August 1, 1991. On
July 8, 1991 the applicant waived in writing the right to a proposed decision
by the required date of July 6, 1991, as there were outstanding adequacy
issues remaining at that time.