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-4- <br />Summary <br />The Review Process, Description of the Environment <br />and <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan <br />The Review Process <br />Walden Coal Company is applying for a permit under the Colorado Surface Coal <br />I~ining Reclamation Act to mine coal at the Bourg Strip Mine. The mine is <br />located in Jackson County, Colorado approximately seven miles east-northeast <br />of Walden off Jackson County Road 19 in Sections 7 and 18 of T9N, R78W. <br />The Bourg Strip Mine has been in existence since July of 1980 and formerly <br />operated under Permit No. 79-125 issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board. Walden Coal filed a complete application for a new permit pursuant to <br />CRS 34-33-109 on February 13, 1981. Since that time, the application has been <br />under review by the Division to determine compliance with the Rules and <br />Regulations or the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />Un April 14, 1981, the Division sent a letter to Walden Coal Company which <br />identified deficiencies in the application which were noted during the <br />preliminary adequacy review. Resolution of these deficiencies was required in <br />order for the Division to make determinations of compliance. <br />Walden Coal has responded to these preliminary concerns and additional <br />concerns in meetings and submissions of material during the course of the <br />review. <br />Descriotion of the Environment <br />The mine site is located on a 160 acre private parcel of land located in the <br />parkland of North Park at an elevation of approximately 8100 feet. Land use <br />in this area consists of grazing and wildlife habitat. U.S. Bureau of Land <br />Management land surrounding the permit area is grazed by cattle from May to <br />July. Predominant wildlife in the area consists of antelope, sage grouse, <br />mule deer, and rabbits. <br />The Bourg Mine occurs on the northeastern edge of the McCallum anticline and <br />within a faulted synclinal wrinkle, the Bourg syncline. The syncline on the <br />Bourg property dips a maximum of 410 on the southwest, 15° on the <br />northeast, and plunges 7o to 8° on the northwest. <br />The coal-bearing unit at the Bourg Mine is the Coalmont Formation consisting <br />of coal, shales, siltstones and sandstones. The Coalmont Formation overlies <br />the Pierre shale and underlies gravels derived from pediments in the immediate <br />area. Portions of two coal seams within the Coalmont Formation are to be <br />mined, the Hoyle Seam and the Sudduth Seam. <br />