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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the Edna Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed <br />decision to approve, with stipulations, the permit revision application; 2) a summary which <br />includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment <br />affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the <br />written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance <br />can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a revision to the permit to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Edna Mine. The application was submitted by <br />The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company (P&M). The mine will be operated by <br />P&M. The mine is located on federal, state, and private lands within Routt County, <br />Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />Township 5 North, Range 85 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />S~/z Sec. 19, SW~/a Sec. 20, W~/z, W~/z E~/z Sec. 30, Sec. 31 <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />E'h E~/z Sec. 36 <br />Township 4 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />E~/z NEB/<, SEi/< Sec. 12, S~/z, NEB/a, E~/z NWT/a, SWl/a NWT/a Sec. 13, SEl/a S~/z <br />NEB/a Sec. 14, NEB/a Sec. 23, N~/x, E~/z SW~/a, NWT/a SW~/a, N~/z SEA/a, Wl/z SEA/a <br />Sec. 24, NEB/a, N~/z SEA/~ Sec. 25 <br />Township 4 North, Range 85 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />N~/z, SWl/a, W~h SEA/a Sec. 7, NWT/a NWT/a Sec. 8, W~/z W~/z Sec. 17, Sec. 18, <br />N~/x, SW~/a Sec. 19, NWl/a Sec. 30 <br />This findings document is intended to supplement the July 28, 1992 document of the same <br />title written with the proposed decision to approve Permit Renewal No. 2. It contains <br />findings relevant to this permit revision and other revisions to the permit since it was last <br />renewed. For more detailed information regarding ongoing aspects of the operation, please <br />refer to the July 28, 1992 document. <br />na me 1 ermu evision o.3 <br />