GENERAL45645

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/28/1994
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DESISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Findings of the
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
for
Eagle No. 5 and 9 Mines
Exolanation of Findings
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, and the approved state program, the Division of
Minerals and Geology or the Board must make specific written findings prior to
issuance of a permit, permit renewal or permit revision. These findings are based
on information made available to the Division that demonstrates that the applicant
will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to th•e Act.
The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in
accordance with that Rule. The findings and specific approval, required pursuant
to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m) are listed in accordance with Rule 4 and +sre organized under
subject or discipline subtitles.
This findings document is updated upon permit renewal, which occurs every five
years. This ie the renewal findings document for the Eagle No. 5 and 9 Mines,
which have a five-year permit term. The following findings were reevaluated and
updated, if necessary, to reflect changes which have occurred ciuring the past
permit term. Any stipulations from the original permit and findings document or
subsequent revisions that have been totally resolved to the satisfaction of the
Division, have been removed from this document.
SECTION A
Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2)
1. The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act
and these rules have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)).
2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other
information available to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal
mining and reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at they Eagle No. S and 9
Mines (2 .07.6 (2)(b)).
3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal
mining in the general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in
2.05.6(3), hoe been made by the Division. This assessment., entitled "Yampa
River Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Statement," is available for inspection at
the offices of the Division. The Division finds that the operations proposed
under the application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic
balance outside the proposed permit area (2.07.6 (2)(c)).
4. The Division finds that the.permit area is, subject to valid rights existing
as of August 3, 1977, not within:
a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
(2.07.6(2)(d)(i));
b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface
coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii));
c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National
Wildlife Refuge System, the National System of Trails, the
National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic
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