GENERAL48692

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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II. Land Use - Rules 2.04.3, 2.03.5 and 4.16
Site description and land use information is provided on pages 2.04-1 through
2.04-7 of Volume I of the application. The specific objectives of the
reclamation plan and details of the post-mining management plan are described
on pages 2.05-58 through 2,05-6I of volume I.
The applicant plans to return the disturbed area to rangeland capable of
supporting the historic uses of livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. This
land use is consistent and compatible with adjacent land uses. The Bureau
of Land Management, the agency responsible for managing the federal Land on
the permit area, has reviewed the plan and stated by letter that the post-
miningland use of rangeland is acceptable...
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(1), the post-mining land use of rangeland proposed
by Colowyo is hereby approved by the Division. Rangeland will meet the
requirements of Rule 4.16.
ZII. Cultural and Historic Resources - Rules 2.04.4 and 2.05.6(4)
On the basis of information submitted by Colowyo in Section 2.04.4 of Volume I
and Appendix 5 of Volume II of the application, and as a result of the Colorado
State Historical Preservation Office's determination, the Division finds,
pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(e), that the proposed mining operation will not
adversely affect any publicly owned park or place Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
Although not required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act,
federal Laws and regulations require further consideration of "cultural or
historic resources eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic
Places." The OSM Technical Analysis for cultural resources is included as
Attachment 1 to the document.
The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section.
1'V. Geology - Rules 2.04.5 and 2.04.6(1)
The geology sections of the permit application, Section 2.04.6 of Volume I
and Exhibit 6 of Volume II, have been reviewed by the Division for compliance.
In the Preliminary Adequacy Letter of April 20, 1981, the Division requested
a more specific geologic description, including detailed strati graphic sections
of the Williams Fork Formation. Colowyo provided this information, along with
the revised geology map (Map 7) in their Adequacy Review Responses - Volume
VIII of the application, In the same letter, the Division requested that
results of analyses of the interburden below the X coal seam be submitted and
stated that a number of required parameters had not been included in the
analyses. In addition, the Division noted that the overburden analyses had been
run on material obtained from a single bore hole. The Division questioned
whether the single bore hole provided sufficient data to assess the chemical
properties of the overburden and interburden to be affected.