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<br />-2- <br />Proposed Decision <br />Western Fuels Association, Inc. <br />De serado Mine <br />C-81-018 <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve an <br />application for a permit revision to add three Federal coal leases to the <br />existing underground mining operation. This decision document is a <br />modification of the June 4, 1981 decision document, for the initial Permanent <br />Regulatory Program Permit issued to Western Fuels Association, Inc. for the <br />De serado Mine on July 27, 1981. Findings regarding legal, financial, and <br />compliance information, cultural and historic resources, geology, hydrologic <br />balance, cumulative hydrologic impacts, alluvial valley floors, threatened and <br />endangered plant and animal species, bonding, subsidence, and reclamation fees <br />within the original findings document have been modified as necessary to <br />reflect the addition of Federal Coal Leases C-8424, C-8425, and C-0126669. <br />Additionally, all stipulations attached to the June 4, 1981 decision document <br />which have been satisfied (Stipulation Nos. 1, 3 through 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 <br />and 31) by the permittee have been deleted from this document. Stipulations <br />2, 26, 32, 33, and 34 which are ongoing in nature have also been deleted from <br />this document by virtue of the permittee providing acceptable written <br />commitments in appropriate sections of the revised permit application to <br />comply with the specific requirements of each on-going stipulation. <br />Documentation of the resolution process for each stipulation is provided in <br />the mid-term review document available from the Division. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will <br />comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act, C.R.S., as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the regulations promulgated <br />pursuant to the Act. <br />The permit revision application will become a binding part of the permit upon <br />approval. <br />