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This document is the decision package prepared by .the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) for the McClane Canyon Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve, <br />with stipulations, the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the <br />permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the <br />mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required <br />by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the fmdings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal <br />Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal (RN-OS) to conduct surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations at the McClane Canyon Mine. The application was submitted by Lodestaz Energy <br />Ina (LEI), the previous operator of the McClane Canyon Mine. The permit was recently transferred to <br />Central Appalachia Mining, LLC (CAM), the current operator and permittee. The mine is located on <br />federal and private lands within Garfield County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included <br />within the permit azea is: <br />The following portions of Township 7 South, Range 102 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian: <br />Section I S -ALL <br />Section 16 - El/2 <br />Section 21 - El/2, El/2 W 1/2, SW 1/4 NW I/4, NW 1/4 SW 1/4 <br />Section 22 -ALL <br />Section 27 -Nl/2 <br />Section 28 - NWl/4 NEl/4 & NEI/4 NWl/4 <br />