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-6- Summary of the Review Process The Environmental Description and The Mining and Reclamation Plan Storm King Mines, Inc. has applied for a permit to conduct underground mining operations at the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine. The proposed mine is located in Garfield County approximately 7 miles west of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The mine plan area encompasses over 5,900 acres of which 627 acres are included in this permit term. Of this area, 81 acres are proposed to be disturbed. Review Process Storm King Mines, Inc. submitted a permit application for the Coal Ridge No. 1 mine on March 12, 1984 pursuant to Section 34-33-109 of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Since that time, the application has been under review by the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Division (Division). The permit application was deemed complete on April 3, 1984. The application was reviewed following completeness and an adequacy letter was sent out on June 4, 1984. Resolution of these deficiencies was required in order for the Division to make determinations of compliance with the Act. Subsequently, the Division and the applicant corresponded several times and the final responses were incorporated into the permit application on December 14, 1984. As a result, the review process has been adequately completed and the Division proposes to approve, in-part, the Coal Ridge No. 1 permit application with stipulations. Environmental Description The Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine will extract coal from the lower portion of the Williams Fork formation. The mine will be located along the Grand Hogback Monocline. The Grand Hogback trends east-southeast in the vicinity of the proposed mine with the rock strata dipping to the south-southwest at an average of 50 degrees. Ground water occurs in both bedrock and alluvial deposits in the vicinity of the proposed mining operation. The potential of the Mesa Verde strata to produce within the area of the proposed mine is greatly limited by the extreme dip of the rock strata which results in prohibitive drilling depths in a short distance.