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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepazed by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the Munger Canyon Mine, a federal coal mine located in Garfield <br />County. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit renewal <br />application; 2) a summary which includes a description of the history of the review of the permit <br />application, a description of the environment affected by the mining operation and a description <br />of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has <br />made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information <br />concerning the fmdings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal (RN-04) to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Munger Canyon Mine. The application was submitted <br />by Lodestaz Energy, Inc. (LEI), the previous operator of the McClane Canyon Mine. The permit <br />was recently transferred to Central Appalachia Mining, LLC (CAM), the current operator and <br />pernuttee. The mine is located on private and federal lands within Garfield County, Colorado. A <br />reclaimed rail loadout facility neaz Loma, in Mesa County, Colorado is also included as a part of <br />the Munger Canyon Mine permit. A summarized legal description of the lands included within <br />the permit area is provided below. A more detailed legal description is attached to the RN-4 <br />application form dated 12/17/04, inserted at the front of Volume I of the permit application <br />package. <br />Mine Area, Garfield County <br />Township 7 South, Range 102 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 27: <br />Portions ofNWl/4; portions of SWl/4; portions of SE1/4; <br />Section 28: <br />Portions ofNEl/4; portions of NWl/4; portions of SWl/4; portions of 5E1/4; <br />Section 29: <br />Portions of NEl/4; portions of NW 1/4; portions of SW 1/4; portions of SEl/4; <br />Section 33: <br />Portions of NEll4; <br />Section 34: <br />Portions ofNEl/4; portions of NWl/4; portions of SWl/4; <br />