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-1- INTRODUCTION The Blue Ribbon Coal Company, a Colorado partnership, has filed an application to conduct coal mining operations at the Blue Ribbon Mine pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (Section 34-33-109, C.R.S. 1973, as amended) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Blue Ribbon Mine is an existing underground mine which has been in operation since 1977. Prior to that time, the old Blue Mine operated from 1952 to 1963, producing 35,805 tons of coal from underground workings adjacent to the present workings. The mine is situated in the northeast portion of L~lta County, Colorado, approxi- mately 2 miles north of Juanita Junction up the Hubbard Creek drainage. Juanita Junction is 6 miles northeast of Paonia along State Highway 133. The none sur- face facilities area is situated in the NWT of Section 2, T13S, R91W, with addi- tional areas to be mined Located within the 5'~ of Section 35, T12S, R91w, 6th P.F~1. Blue Ribbon Coal Company also operates a truck scale and coal storage facility adjacent to Colorado State Highway 133, approximately three miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado, on part of the NE'1 NEB'! of Section 21, T135, R9ZW, 6th P.M. ' This document is the approval package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Rec- lamation Division for the Blue Ribbon Mine. the majority of this document con- cerns the operations at the mine located in the Hubbard Creek drainage. Specific findings regarding the truck scale facility can be found in Section XXIII, Mis- cellaneous Compliance, page 58 of this document. This document contains the "Proposed Decision to Approve the Permit Application"; a summary describing the history of the review of the permit application, the environment affected by the mining operation and the operation and reclamation plan; and the Division's written findings of compliance required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the review process can'be found in the Act and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced in this document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the proposed min- ing and reclamation operation can be found in the permit application on file (file number C-047-81) in the public record maintained by the Division located in Room 423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, 80203, Telephone (303) 866-3567 and at the Western Associated Coal Corporation office in Delta, Colorado.