GENERAL47969

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 3/24/2003
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for SL5
• From: Partial Phase III
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Permit Permit C-81-025, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
Perrnittee Minrec, Inc.
PAP Permit Application Package, a set of five volumes and associated reports
and files that describe compliance of mine operations and reclamation with
the Rules
Rules Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal
Mining, 2 CCR 407-2
SL-Ol Bond Release, March 9, 1988 (Proposed Decision)
SL-02 Bond Release, November 26, 1993 (Proposed Decision)
SL-03 Bond Release, November 23, 1993 (Proposed Decision)
SL-04 Bond Release, November 13, 2001 (Proposed Decision)
SL-OS See Application
I. Procedures and Summary Of The Review Process
Bond releases are initiated by a permittee of a coal mine in the form of an application. The
application requires a number of actions of the permittee, including public notice of submission
of the application. Upon receipt of an application, the Division reviews the application for
completeness. Subsequent to a determination that an application is complete, the Division
conducts an on-site inspection and evaluation of the reclaimed site. This inspection may occur
within thirty days of the application being found complete, weather permitting. Surface owners,
Office of Surface Mining (OSM), and other interested parties may participate in the inspection.
The Division considers information gained from the inspection, public and agency comments,
previous inspections, information presented in the application, and information within permit
files, and develops a Findings of Compliance document that summarizes the degree of
compliance with the rules associated with the release. Based on the Findings of Compliance, a
Proposed Decision is issued. The Proposed Decision is made available to the public and
interested agencies for 30 days. If uncontested, the proposed decision becomes final. If the
proposed decision is to-approve-the bond release, bonds-held by the Divisior may be returned of
reduced. If contested, a due process is engaged to determine the fate of the application.
This bond release (SLr05) was initiated by submission of a Minrec, Inc., North Thompson Creek
Mines Request for Final Bond Release Permit No. C-81-025, under a J. E. Stover Bc Associates
letter of Apri130, 2002 (Application). This Application was received at the Division on May 2,
2002. The Application was found incomplete on May 7, 2002. After shortcomings in the
application were corrected, the application was found complete on July 12, 2002. The Applicant
made public notice of the application, and provided proof of publication of a public notice
regazding the application, in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. The notice was published
on June 11, 18, and 25, and July 2, 2002. The Applicant had also notified landowners within and
adjacent to the mine permit area and other interested parties of the application for bond release.
The Division received an expression of interest in response to notices by the Applicant from the
OSM. The OSM intended to accompany the Division on the inspection of the site.
SL-O5, C-81-025, March 24, 2003
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