GENERAL45720

• Permit No: C1981026
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/5/1996
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN3
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

SUMMARY
The Renewal Review Process
On March 11, 1996 the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology notified Slurco Corp. that
the permit, No. C-81-026, would expire December 1, 1996. This notification was given pursuant
to Rule 2.08.5(2)(a). This Rule requires [hat the Division to notify the permittee 270 days before
the expiration of permit. The applicant, [o be eligible for the right of successive renewal, must
submit a renewal application within 180 days of the expiration of the expiration of the permit.
The 180 day date for the Canadian Strip Mine was June 4, 1996. The Division received a
complete application for a renewal on April 4, 1996. The applicant, therefore, met the conditions
for the right of successive renewal.
Adequacy review concerns for the permit renewal were submitted to Slurco on September 24,
1996 and on November 25, ]996. Most of the concerns have been adequately resolved. Those
issues which remain outstanding have been stipulated in Stipulation No. 34.
Before issuing a renewal of a permit, the Division must conduct a compliance status review of
the owners and operators of the mining operation. Slurco does not have any other coal mining
operations in other states. Therefore, no other state programs were contacted. As part of the
renewal, a check with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (O.S.M.R.E.)
Applicant Violator System (A.V.S) was conducted on June l9, 1996, October 4, 1996 and
December 4, 1996. Each query resulted in the O.S.M.R.E. issuing a recommendation to approve.
Permitting History for Previous Permit Terms
On February 11, 1981, Wyoming Fuel Company, a division of Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas
Company, filed an application with the Colorado Division of Mined Land Reclamation and the
federal Office of Surface Mining to continue and expand its existing operations at the Canadian
Strip Mine site. Permit C-81-026 was issued to the Wyoming Fuel Company for the Canadian
Strip Mine on December 1, 1981.
On June 28, 1982, the Division received a notice of temporary cessation of mining activities from
the Wyoming Fuel Company. No coal has been mined at the mine since then.
In accordance with Rule 2.08.5 of the Regulations, the Division notified Wyoming Fuel Company
that a permit renewal application was required to be submitted to the Division by June 1, 1986.
On June 3, 1986, the Division received a permit renewal application that was deemed incomplete
on June 4, 1986.
Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026 4 December 5, 1996