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

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
Geology (Division) for the Bear Coal Company, Mine Nos. 1 , 2, and 3. This document
includes: 111 The proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit revision; (2) A
summary which includes a history of the review of the permit renewal application, a
description of the environment affected by the operation, and a description of the mining
and reclamation plan; and l3) The written findings of compliance the Division has made as
required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information
concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The Division received an application for a revision to Permit No. C-81-033 to conduct
surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Bear Coal Company, Mine Nos. 1, 2,
and 3. The application was submitted by Bear Coal Company, and the mine will be
operated by Bear Coal Company. The mine is located on and/or under federal and private
lands within Gunnison County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands to be added to
the permit area by this revision is:
Township 13 South. Ranoe 90 West. 6th P.M
Section 8: S/2 SE/4 South of the River
Section 9: All South of the River
Section 15: W/2 NW/4, W/2 SW/4
Section 16: All
Section 17: All except portions of the N(2 NW/4
and except portions of the NW/4 NE/4
Section 18: SE/4 SE/4, NE/4 SE/4, SE/4 NW/4
Section 20: NW/4, NEl4
Section 21; N/2 NE/4, N/2 NW/4, SW/4 NW/4
Proposed Decision
The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve with stipulations an
application for a permit revision to a valid, existing permit. The application was submitted
by Bear Coal Company, Inc. This decision is based on a finding that the operations will
comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101, et seq., and the Regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Act. If no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty
130) days of the first publication of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes
final. The permit application, all supporting documentation and the following stipulations
or conditions will become a binding part of the permit. A record of all previously required