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INTRODUCTION This document is the approval package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division for the Chimney Rock Coal Mine Permit Revision No. 2 Deep Creek, located in Archuleta County, Colorado The original proposed decision and findings document was completed by the Division on October 12, 1982 for purposes of bringing the Chimney Rock Coal Mine (then called the Martinez Strip Mine) into compliance with Colorado's Permanent Regulatory Program. Permit No. C-023-81 was issued on January 7, 1983. On June 21, 1983, Chimney Rock Coal Company submitted an application for Permit Revision No. 1 to Permit No. C-023-81. The primary purpose of this revision was to incorporate into their permit a newly acquired lease area adjacent to their existing operation. This was approved on January 16, 1984. On February 1, 1984, Chimney Rock Coal initially submitted Permit Revision No. 2 for the Deep Creek area. The submittal was found incomplete on February 14, 1985. Chimney Rock submitted additional information and Permit Revision No. 2 was found complete on March 6, 1984. On April 13, 1984 Chimney Rock•Coal withdrew Permit Revision No. 2. Chimney Rock Coal resubmitted Permit Revision No. 2 on October 2, 1984. The resubmitted revision was found complete on October 12, 1984. A preliminary adequacy review was sent to the applicant on December 14, 1984, outlining outstanding concerns with the application. On February 8, February 25, and March 4, 1985, the applicant submitted responses to the questions in the preliminary adequacy review. On March 27, 1985 representatives of the applicant and their consultants met with the Division and Office of Surface Mining personnel to discuss the responses. On April l2, and 18, 1985, the applicant submitted additional information and responses to the adequacy review. Additional meetings on April 1 and 9, 1985, were held with the applicants consultant. Since that time the Division has been reviewing the responses and application and preparing the following findings. As a result of the addition of numerous minor and technical revisions to the original permit, the satisfactory resolution of many of the stipulations which were present in the original findings and permit documents, and changes in the comprehensive mine plan proposed in the Revision No. 1 application, the Division has determined that the most effective way to issue the Revision No. 2 approval package would be to prepare an entirely new findings document, specifically addressing the Permit Revision 2 (Deep Creek) area. This approval package does not supercede or replace the December 13, 1983 approval package, but augments it for the Permit Revision No. 2 area. All commitments, stipulations, and findings contained in the December 13, 1983 approval package, and Revision No. 1 remain in effect, as does the mining and reclamation plan. This approval package address only the Deep Creek Permit Revision No. 2 area, and its interelation with the other areas of the Chimney Rock Mine as necessary.