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g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of--way line of any public road except where mine <br />access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the necessary <br />approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided, and <br />written fmdings made [Rule 2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)]. Garfield County Road 109 crosses a former <br />conveyor corridor azea of the loadout site of the permit. Pitkin County Road 001 crosses the <br />mine site of the permit. US Forest Service Road 306 crosses the southernmost portions of the <br />mine site. <br />h) Three hundred feet measured horizontally from any occupied dwelling. <br />5. The Division fmds that, subject to valid, existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining <br />operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or eligible for <br />listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic <br />Preservation Office [Rule 2.07.6(2)(e)(i)]. This fmding is based on information presented in the <br />permit application and on a study conducted by Century Reseazch, Inc., entitled "A Cultural <br />Resource Inventory of Four Proposed Core Drill Locations for Anschutz Coal Corporation's <br />Operations in the White River National Forest, Pitkin, County, Co." <br />6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private <br />surface estate; therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required [Rule <br />7.On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and federal <br />agencies as a result of the Section 3433-114(3) compliance review required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division fmds that MINREC, Inc. does not own or <br />control any operations which aze currently in violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the <br />United States, or any State law, rule, or regulation, or any provision of the Surface Mining <br />Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act [Rule <br />2.07.6(2)(g)(i)]. <br />8. The operator does not control and has not controlled mining operations with a demonstrated <br />pattern of willful violations of the Act of such nature, duration, and with such resulting <br />irreparable damage ko the environment as to indicate an intent not to comply with the provisions <br />of the Act [Rule 2.07.6(2)(h)]. <br />4. The Division fmds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to be performed under <br />this permit will not be inconsistent with other such operations anticipated to be performed in <br />azeas adjacent to the permit azea [Rule 2.07.6(2)(1)]. <br />10. The Division currently holds a reclamation bond in the amount of $100,000.00 for the North <br />Thompson Creek Mines. The bond is in the form of a certificate of deposit from the US Bank. <br />This bond amount was retained following the fourth (November 13, 2001) bond release on this <br />permit. The Division's estimate for remaining reclamation work at the site is $36,511 [Rule <br />2.07.6(2)(1)]• <br />12 <br />