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0 <br /> This document contains the findings and proposed decision pertaining to a Request for Transfer of <br /> Coal Permit and Succession of Operator. The request was received by the Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology(the Division)on March 23, 1998,and proposes a transfer of Division Permit No. C-80-007 <br /> from the current permittee and operator, Mountain Coal Company, which is a subsidiary of the <br /> Atlantic Richfield Company,to Mountain Coal Company,LLC,which is a subsidiary of Arch Coal, <br /> Inc. The application was submitted and reviewed pursuant to the procedures of Section 2.08.6 of <br /> the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division <br /> proposes to approve, with one condition, the request for transfer and succession. <br /> Process <br /> On March 23, 1998, the above-referenced application was received by the Division. This initial <br /> application was a properly executed Request for Transfer of Coal Permit and Succession of <br /> Operators Form, as required by Section 2.08.6(2)(b). The application was deemed complete for <br /> purposes of filing on April 21, 1998. As required by Section 2.08.6(3),a public notice of the transfer <br /> application was published in the Delta County Independent on March 25, 1998. <br /> The Division sent an initial adequacy letter to Mountain Coal Company and Atlantic Richfield <br /> Company on April 6, 1998 with concerns regarding identification of interests, rights of entry, and <br /> permit transfers. Mountain Coal Company responded on April 10, 1998. A subsequent adequacy <br /> letter was sent to Atlantic Richfield Company on April 13, 1998. Responses were received on April . <br /> 13, 17,22, and 23, 1998. On April 22, 1998,the Division received a replacement Coal Reclamation <br /> Bond in the form of a corporate surety from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, in the amount of <br /> $12,000,000.00. On April 22, 1998 the properly executed bond document was approved by the <br /> Division. On April 10, 1998,the Division received a certificate of liability insurance for Mountain <br /> Coal Company,LLC. After review and acceptance of the above information,this proposed decision <br /> to approve,with one condition, the application for transfer and succession is being issued on April <br /> 23, 1998. <br /> Findings <br /> 1. The Division finds that a properly executed Request for Transfer of Coal Permit and <br /> Succession of Operators ap n submitted to the Division in compliance <br /> with Section 2.08.6(2)(b). <br /> 2. The Division finds that properly executed Coal Reclamation Bond has been posted by the <br /> successor operator and approved as follows: <br /> Bond No. 14-000-066-0001-COfor$12,000,000.00issued by <br /> the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. <br /> 3. The Division finds that the Identification of Interests information required by Section 2.03.4 <br /> has been properly submitted, reviewed, and deemed adequate as required under Section <br /> West Elk Mine Permit Transfer 2 April 23, 1998 <br />