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Findings of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />for <br />Chimney Rock Mine <br />Permit Revision No. 4 <br />Explanation of Findings <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, and the approved state program, the <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division or the Board must make specific written <br />findings prior to issuance of a permit, permit renewal or permit revision. <br />These findings are based on information made available to the Division that <br />demonstrates that the applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated <br />pursuant to the Act. <br />The Findings Document is organized according to the areas of major concern in <br />the regulations. The findings which have been made by the Division are <br />included under the appropriate section of this document as are the specific <br />approvals required to be made by the Division pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m). <br />I. Legal, Financial, and Compliance Information - Rules 2.03, 2.07.6(2)(f), <br />The Chimney Rock Mine contains both private and federal mineral and <br />surface estates. The East Pit and Barren Ridge Areas consist of private <br />mineral and surface holdings. At these locations the private mineral <br />estate mined was severed from the private surface estate. The <br />documentation required by Rule 2.03.6(2) is provided in Exhibit 1 of <br />PR-04 application. On the Federal Lease Area the surface is managed by <br />the U.S. Forest Service and the coal has been leased by the U.S. Bureau <br />of Land Management. This lease, Federal Coal Lease No. C-34886, is also <br />included in Exhibit 1. <br />The Division approved a Request for Succession of Operator and Transfer <br />of Permit to Kaiser Steel Resources from Kaiser Steel Corporation on <br />April 12, 1991, and the Identification of Interests section of the PR-04 <br />application has been appropriately revised on pages 2.03-3 through <br />2.03-14. <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(8), the Division finds that Kaiser Steel <br />Resources does not own or control any surface coal mining operations <br />which are currently in violation of the Act or any applicable law of the <br />United States or of this state, or any applicable rule or regulation of <br />any department or agency of the United States, other states or this state <br />pertaining to air or water environmental protection. This finding is <br />based on information in the permit and permit revision applications and <br />was verified by a check of the Applicant Violator System and a review of <br />Division files conducted on February 3, 1992. <br />-4- <br />