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number of "campsites." A joint eligibility review of the contractors' work and eligibility recommendations of all the sites was conducted by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Office of Surface Mining (OSM). This review determined that 7 sties were eligible, 37 not eligible and 17 needing further field documentation by the contractor to determine eligibility under criteria (d) CFR 60.6. Further work by the company, OSM, and SHPO determined the eligibility of all sites, and subsequently agreed to mitigation measures to be implemented by the permittee. The mitigation plan involved a commitment by Western Fuels to avoid any disturbances to any site determined eligible, and went further to commit to conducting periodic field reconnaissance to determine if surface subsidence has affected any of the above-referenced cultural resource sites. In order to adequately mitigate any damage occurring to sites as a result of subsidence, Western Fuels has provided a written commitment m Section IV.N. of the application not to conduct any mining activities in areas which could cause subsidence-related damage to sites until asite-specific mitigation plan has been submitted, reviewed and approved by the Division and OSM and implemented on each site. This mitigation plan is in addition to the above mitigation plan, which only calls for avoidance of any disturbance to eligible sites. On the basis of information submitted by Western Fuels-Utah, Incorporated in the form of cultural and historic resource inventories, the Division fmds that subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). 6. For this mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private surface estate, therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required (2.07.6(2)(f)). 7. Section I.E. of Volume 1 of the revised application contains information pertaining to compliance with the appropriate rules pertaining to legal, fmancial and compliance information. Western Fuels Association has received 22 notices of violation since the Deserado Mine was initially permitted on July 27, 1981. All violations were subsequently corrected. Based on all available information, no other operation owned or operated by Western Fuels Association, Inc. has any outstanding violations. Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(g) and based on evidence supplied by Western Fuels Association, Inc., the Division fmds that the permittee does not own or control any operations which are currently in violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, or regulation or any provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. 8