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County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the <br /> permit area is a metes and bounds description located in Exhibit 2 of the <br /> approved permit application. The general location of the permit area can be <br /> described as follows: <br /> Lands south of the Purgatoire River, lands east of the South Fork of the <br /> Purgatoire River and Alamosa Canyon, lands north of Vermejo Park, and <br /> lands west of Widow Woman Canyon, containing approximately 17,862 <br /> acres. <br /> The mine is located approximately 2 miles east of Segundo and approximately <br /> 17 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado, on State Highway 12. The mine site is <br /> located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps titled <br /> "Tercio", "Weston", and "Little Pine Canyon." <br /> The Lorencito Canyon operation is planned to be a combined surface and <br /> underground operation. The surface operation will be a modified form of <br /> mountaintop removal. Mountaintop removal variances were reviewed as part of <br /> this midterm review. Since operations have not commenced at the mine at this <br /> time, permitting was reviewed under the mountaintop removal performance <br /> standards under Rule 4.26. <br /> Section II - Revisions to the Permit <br /> The Division has approved seven revisions to the permit since the original <br /> permit was issued. <br /> Permit Revisions since the original permit was issued (November 1997) - None. <br /> Technical Revisions since original permit was issued (November 1997) <br /> Revision Description Status <br /> TR-1 Response to stipulations Approved Nov. 1997 <br /> 1,2,3,5,and 9 <br /> TR-2 Shrub Plan Approved June 1998 <br /> TR-3 Owners and Controllers Approved April 1998 <br /> TR-4 New Owners and Controllers Approved w/ conditions March <br /> 1999 <br /> TR-5 Reduce Hydro Monitoring Approved April 1999 <br /> Minor Revisions since original permit was issued (November 1997) <br /> Revision I Description IStatus <br /> MR-1 I Change stipulation I Approved w/ conditions Dec. <br />