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~~ <br />-6- <br />SUMMARY <br />The Review Process <br /> <br />Sundance Coal Company is applying for a permit under the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act (C.R.S. 34-33-101 et sue.) to mine coal at the <br />Rnimas Mine. The mine is located in Las Animas County, Colorado, <br />approximately three miles south of Trinidad, Colorado beside Interstate <br />Highway 25 in Sections 31 and 32, T335, R63W, and Section 36, T33S, R64W. <br />A number of small underground mines were operated in the proposed mine site <br />in the early 1900's. In 1978, another small underground operation, the <br />Helen Mine, was developed and operated by Animas Coal Company, Inc. An <br />interim coal mining permit was issued to Animas Coal Company, Inc. on February <br />28, 1979 pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. Operations <br />continued under this permit until August 15, 1982, at which time the interim <br />permit expired and the company ceased operation. Animas Coal Company, Inc. <br />had submitted an application and was in the process of submitting responses <br />to the Preliminary Adequacy Review when the operation was purchased by <br />Sundance Coal Company in April of 1982. Sundance Coal Company became the <br />new permittee on the application previously submitted by Animas Coal Company, <br />Inc. The name of the mine has subsequently been changed from the Helen Mine <br />to the Animas Mine. <br />On April 19, 1982, the Division sent a Ietter to Sundance Coal Company which <br />identified deficiencies in the application that had not been resolved. <br />Meetings were held with Sundance Coal Company to discuss necessary information <br />and investigations. On June 9, 1982, Sundance responded to the Division <br />concerns with a total resubmittal of a revised permit application. This <br />application has been reviewed and the following findings have been written <br />concerning this permit application. <br />