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Inll'oduction <br />This written findings document ryas prepared by the ('nlorrdo Division of 1\1inerals and Geology <br />Ithc I)i~uion) for the Lorencito ('anion Hine. 'i'bis documem includes: <br />I) the proposed decision on the permit renca•nl IRN-UI) application; <br />3) a sununan• which mcludes a history of the review of the permit renewal application, u <br />description of the em ironment at1'ceted by the operation and a description of the mining <br />and rcclatn:uion plan: and <br />3) the written findings of'compliancc the Divisirnt has made as rcyuircd by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation r1et. Uewiled information conccming the findings of <br />amtpli:mce c:m be found in the Regulations o1'the Colorado Alined Land Reclanrauun <br />Board 1'orCoal Mininc. <br />The Division received an apphcatiun tirr a permit renewal 1R\-011 to continue surt:ace coal <br />mining and or reclamation operations at the Loreneito Canyon Mine. 'fhe application was <br />submitted b} Lorencito Coal Company. LL.(', who wiu alxo be ate operator, fhe mine ix kx'ateal <br />on private lands within Lars Anima. ('ounty. ('olorado. A detailed Iegal description of the lands <br />included within the permit area is described axing the metes and bounds methcxl in fixhibit 2 of <br />the pea-rnit. This area is part of the urieinal AI:r,~wcll land Grant and was not suncyed within the <br />scope otlhe U.S. survey system of public lands. It can generally be described as lands south of <br />the Purgatoirc Rivrr, lands east of Cow ('anyon. lands north of Puertecito Canyon, and lands <br />west of i.ittle JetTCanyon, covering approximately 3143 acrrs. <br />