GENERAL35414

• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/29/1994
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR1
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
Office of Mined Land Reclamation
for
Bear Coal Company Mine Nos. 1, 2, and 3
Explanation of Findings
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board for Coal Mining, and the approved State program, the Division of Minerals and
Geology (Division), Office of Mined Land Reclamation, or the Board must make specific
written findings prior to issuance of a permit, permit renewal or permit revision. These
findings are based on information made available to the Division that demonstrates that
the applicant will operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in accordance
with that Rule. The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m)
are listed in accordance with Rule 4 and are organized under subject or discipline subtitles.
This findings document is updated upon approval of Permit Revision No. 1 to Permit
No. C-81-033. This is the findings document for the Bear Coal Company Mine Nos. 1, 2,
and 3 permit, which has alive-year permit term. The following findings were reevaluated
and updated to reflect changes proposed by the permit revision application. Any stipula-
tions from the original permit and findings document or subsequent revisions that have
been resolved to the satisfaction of the Division have been removed from this document.
SECTION A
Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6121
1 . The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and
these rules have been complied with (2.07.6(21(al).
2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information
available to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation
can be feasibly accomplished at the Bear Coal Company Mine Nos. 1, 2, and 3
(2.07.6(2)(b)1.
3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in
the general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made
by the Division. This assessment, entitled "Cumulative Hydrologic Impacts of Mining
to the North Fork of the Gunnison River," is available for inspection at the offices of
the Division. The Division finds that the operations proposed under the application
have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the
proposed permit area. Refer to Section B, III, K, for details 12.07.6(2)(c)).
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