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<br />Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (the Division) for the New Elk Mine. This document <br />includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit <br />renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of <br />the permit application, a description of the envirronment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the <br />written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the <br />Colorado Surface Coal tdining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning <br />the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the New Elk Mine. The <br />application was submitted by Wyoming Fuel Company. The mine will be operated <br />by Wyoming Fuel Company and is located on private lands within Las Animas <br />County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the <br />permit area is: All or portions of Sections 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, <br />28, 34, 35 and 36, Township 33S, Range 68W together with portions of <br />Sections 1 and 2, Township 345, Range 68W. <br />-ii- <br />