Introduction
<br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
<br />Geology (the Division) for the Colorado Yampa Coal Company Mine No. 3. This document
<br />includes;
<br />1) a proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit renewal application;
<br />2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description
<br />of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and
<br />reclamation plan and;
<br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado
<br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of
<br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Board for Coal Mining.
<br />The Division received an application for a permit renewal (RN-02) to conduct surface coal
<br />mining and reclamation operations at the Mine No. 3 on April 7, 1994. The application was
<br />submitted by Colorado Yampa Coal Company, and the mine is operated by Colorado Yampa
<br />Coal Company. The mine is located on private lands within Routt County, Colorado. The
<br />legal description of the lands included within the permit area is:
<br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West;
<br />Section 1: SW%, S%x SW'/, SE'/,;
<br />Section 2: E''/x SE'/, SE'/,;
<br />Section 12: W'/x NE'/,, W%x E'/x NE'/,, NE'/, NW'/,, E'/x NE'/, SW'/,, E'/x SE'/, NW'/,, E'/x
<br />NW'/, NW'/,, SE'/, SW'/,, SE%,;
<br />Section 13: E%x, E''/x NW'/,, E'/x SW'/,;
<br />Section 24: N%x NE'/,, NE'/, NW'/.;
<br />Township 5 North, Rance 85 West;
<br />Section 18: W'/x NW'/, NW'/,, W%x SW'/, NW'/,, SE'/, SW'/, NW'/,, W%x SW'/,, W'/x NE'/,
<br />SW'/,, W'/x SE'/, SW'/,;
<br />Section 19: North 250 feet of the NW'/, NW'/,.
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