GENERAL43121

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/1/1984
• Doc Name: ADDENDUM TO FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

INTRODUCTION
Colorado Westmoreland Inc., a subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal Company,
has filed a permit revision application for the Orchard Valley mine
pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (Section
34-33-109, C.R.S. 1973, as amended) and the Rules promulgated
thereunder. The Orchard Valley mine is an existing underground mine
which has been in operation since 1915. The mine is situated in the
northeastern portion of Uelta County, Colorado and is located
approximately 5 miles North of Paonia, Colorado along the Stevens Gulch
Road. The western and southern extremities of the Orchard Valley mine
permit area are bounded closely by Stevens Gulch, and the Northern
boundary is located approximately 1 mile South of the Morrell Cow Camp
area. The eastern extremity of the permit area is located approximately
0.5 miles West of Terror Creek. The coal loadout facilities are located
approximately 1 mile northeast of Paonia along State Highway No. 133.
The Orchard Ualley mine permit application was originally submitted on
September 30, 1977, and was determined to be complete on October 7,
1977. The permit application was approved by the Mined Land Reclamation
Board under the interim program on April 27, 1978. A modified permit
application to comply with the proposed Colorado Permanent Regulatory
Program was submitted on June 18, 1979, and revised on February 17,
1981. This application was determined to be complete on February 27,
1981. The Division then published it's proposed decision approving the
application with several stipulations on August 20, 1981. The existing
Permit No. C-038-81 was issued on September 24, 1981.
On November 18, 1982 Colorado Westmoreland Inc. submitted a permit
revision to their existing permit No. C-038-81. The permit revision was
to incorporate an additional 480 acres of adjacent federal and
non-federal coal into the mine permit area. CWI plans to mine this coal
by extending the existing mine workings eastward into these areas. No
additional surface disturbances are proposed for this permit revision
area.
The area to be mined within this permit revision includes the following
lands:
BLM Lease Modification C-27432(160 Acres) T13S, R91W, 6th P.M.
Section 18: SW 1/4, NE 1/4; NW 1/4, SE 1/4; SW 1/4 SE 1/4; NW 1/4,
SE 1/4; SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
Section 19: N 1/2, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
BLM Lease Assignment D-036955 (280 Acres) T13, R91W, 6th P.M.
Section 17: S 1/2, NW 1/4; N 1/2, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4
Section 18: SE 1/4, NE 1/4; NE 1/4, SE 1/4
Fee Coal (40 acres) T13S, R91W, 6th P.M.
Section 17: SW 1/4, SW 1/4