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Findines of the Colorado Division of Minera]s and GeologX <br />fortheTrapper Mine <br />Information Source and Order of Findings <br />These findings are based on information made available to the Division that demonstrates the <br />applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. As explained in the <br />preceding section titled "Introduction", vazious state laws require that these findings be made <br />prior to approval of a permit renewal or revision. <br />The findings which aze required by Section 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations aze listed in the same <br />order as they aze in that Section. The findings and specific approvals required by Section <br />2.07.6(2)(m) and Rule 4 aze listed in the same order as they aze in Rule 4, and aze organized <br />under subject or discipline subtitles. <br />These findings were reevaluated and updated from the previous findings document to reflect <br />changes which have occurred during the past permit term. Any stipulations from the original <br />permit and findings document or subsequent revisions that have been totally resolved to the <br />satisfaction of the Division, have been removed from this document. <br />Part A -Findings required by Section 2.07.6(2,) <br />The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and the <br />Regulations promulgated thereunder have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)). <br />2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available to <br />the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly <br />accomplished at the Trapper Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)). <br />3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts on the hydrologic balance by all <br />anticipated coal mining in the general azea, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the <br />Division. This assessment, titled "Yampa River Cumulative Hydrologic Impact <br />Assessment" (CHIS), is available for inspection at the Division's Denver office. Page 60 of <br />that document says that potential spoils springs on the Trapper Mine may increase total <br />dissolved solids (TDS) in theYampa River by 9 to 89 mg/1, depending on the month. This <br />contribution, in conjunction with TDS contributions to the Yampa River from other mining <br />operations in the watershed, will not degrade the river's waters to the 1000 mg/I TDS level <br />that the Division considers to be "damage". (Page 62 of the Yampa River CHIS explains the <br />1000 mg/1 suspect level.) Therefore, the Division finds that the operations proposed in the <br />application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the <br />Trapper Mine 15 ~ May 13, 1998 <br />