GENERAL44387

• Permit No: C1980006
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/18/2003
• Doc Name: Midterm Review Findings Document
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Midterm Review
Marr Mine
C-1980-006
This document presents the results of the Midterm Review of the Kerr Coal Company's (Ken)
Marr Strip Mine, conducted by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division). This
Midterm Review was conducted to fulfill the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
Reclamation Act, and Rules 2.08.3, 2.06.2 (10), 2.06.3 (4), 2.06.5 (2), and 3.02(4) of the Rules
and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
Rule 2.08.3 requires that the Division conduct a review of each permit issued, prior to its
midterm. Based on this review, for good cause shown, the Division may require reasonable
revisions or modifications of the permit provisions to ensure compliance with the Act and the
Regulation.
Rules 2.06.2, 2.06.3, 2.06.5 and 2.06.7 require that experimental practices, mountaintop removal
vaziances, variances from approximate original contour (AOC), and vaziances from
contemporaneous reclamation, respectively, be reviewed by the Division where applicable
during the Midterm Review.
The Marr Strip Mine does not conduct experimental practices, nor have variances been granted
for mountaintop removal, approximate original contour or contemporaneous reclamation.
Rule 3.02.2 (4) requires that the Division review the amount of performance bond liability and
the terms of acceptance of the bond every 2-'/z years.
This Midterm Review consists of a review of the Man Strip Mine permit application and
previous Findings Documents to identify items that may have been overlooked during the initial
review.-The Division also reviewed all subsequent revisions and stipulation responses to ensure
that all permit conunitments and conditions were being followed. Problems and observations
from past Division inspection reports were also considered.
SECTION I -HISTORY OF SITE
Ken Coal Company opened the Marr Strip Mine in 1974. The mine is located ten miles east of
Walden, Colorado in Jackson County. The mine lies west and southwest of the Canadian River
on the east side of North Park, with a permit azea covering approximately 1600 acres. The Kerr
loadout facility is south of Walden.
Ken Coal Company submitted Permit application C-80-006 to the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Division for mining at the Marr Strip Mine on July 30, 1980. The permit was
issued on Mazch 20, 1981 with twelve stipulations. The permit has been renewed every five
years since then with the most recent renewal having been issued on January 11, 2002. This is
the fifth nud-term review of Permit C-80-006.