GENERAL36624

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/23/1982
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision And Findings of Compliance - Original Application
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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2.07.6(g) and 2.07.6
2.07.6
The Legal, financial, and compliance information has been reviewed by the Division
for compliance. This information is contained in the permit application under
Sections 1.0 - 1.3 (pages 1-1 - 1-30) and 1.5 - 1.7 (pages 1-60 - 1-66) and Appendix
B. The proposed operation has been found to be in compliance.
The 10,355 acre area designated in the permit application as the permit area is
considered by the Division to represent the majority of the life-of-mine area.
The Division is approving all surface coal mining and reclamat_ion_activities specifically
described within this permit application for this five-year term, including those
activities listed on page 3, within Sections 2,3,4, and 5 of TSN, R91W; dnd Sections 25 _
through 29 and 32 through 35 of T6N, R91W. Specific activities are outlined on page 3 of
this document are approved for Sections 25,26,35, and 36 of T6N, R91W; Sections
1 and 2 of TSN, R91W; Sections 29 through 32 of T6N, R90W; and Sections 5 and 6 of
TSN, R90W.
The applicant has provided documentation pursuant to 2.07.6(2)(f) that in all cases
where the private mineral estate has been severed from the private surface estate,
the applicant has secured the right to the extraction of coal by surface mining
methods, by means of lease agreements between the applicant and the surface owner.
The applicant has provided a description of each lease and its conditions. Actual
legal documents are on file at the Moffat County Courthouse in Craig, Colorado.
Pursuant to 2.07.6(2)(g), the Division makes the finding that no surface coal mining
operation owned or controlled by the applicant is currently in violation of any
statutes or rules or regulations as delineated in 2.07.6(1)(b).
The Division makes the finding, pursuant to 2.07.6(2)(h), that the applicant does not
control and has not controlled mining operations with a demonstrated willful pattern
of violation which would indicate an intent not to comply with provisions of the
Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.
ll. Land Use (Rules 2.04.3, 2.05.5 and 9.16)
Information on historic and pre-mining land uses may be found in Section 2.5 (pages
2-170 - 2-180), and Appendix F of the application. Information pertinent to post-
mining land use may be found in Sections 4.2 (pages 4-4 - 4-12), 4.3.5 (pages
4-98 - 4-100), and Appendix O.
Lands within the proposed permit area have exhibited three major historic land uses;
rangeland (grazing of sheep and cattle), cropland (cultivation of dryland crops,
predominantly wheat), and wildlife habitat. Rangeland and wildlife habitat comprise
approximately 24~ and GO o, respectively, of the proposed permit area and are located
on slopes and toe-slopes along the north face of the Williams Fork mountains. Crop-
land is found predominantly on the flatter areas north of the toe-slopes and in
areas surrounding the north-draining gulches of the area, and comprises approximately
l6~ of the proposed permit area.
The applicant proposes to reclaim the disturbed area to a post-mining land use of
rangeland, wildlife habitat, and cropland. This does not constitute a change in Land
use. Pursuant to 2.07.6(2)(1) and based on the successful reclamation accomplished
to date, the Division approves the post-mining land use of rangeland, wildlife
habitat, and cropland.
The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section.
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