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2004 Midterm Review <br />permitted operations to reflect actual or currently anticipated operations, so long as actual and <br />currently envisioned actions are within the scope of approved operations. <br />Acronyms <br />Application See PAP (used interchangeably in this review) <br />CDPS Colorado Dischazge Permit System <br />Division Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />NPDES National Pollutant Dischazge Elimination System <br />PAP Permit Application Package. A set of text, drawings, maps, and exhibits, <br />consisting of three Volumes, that describes mining and reclamation operations, <br />and demonstrates compliance with the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining <br />Pemut A permit for mining operations, issued by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology. In this review, this term included the PAP and all files and reports <br />associated with the permit. <br />Rules Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining <br />Section I - Historv of the Site <br />Storm King Mines Inc. submitted the initial application for Permit C-84-065 for the Coal Ridge <br />No. 1 Mine on March 12, 1984, The company changed its name to New Castle Energy <br />Corporation (NCEC) on July 26, 1985. The permit was first issued on October 9, 1985 and <br />renewed on December 10, 1989. A corridor of land was added to the permit azea fora 2-inch <br />water line (March 25, 1991) from the facilities azea of the permit to the Colorado River. The <br />permit was transferred to NCIG Financial, Inc. on July 10, 1991. The permit was renewed on <br />January 30, 1993 and on February 28, 1997. A partial Phase I bond release was approved in 1995 <br />(SL-O1). A noncontiguous pre-existing industrial site was approved for a coal loadout facility <br />(located in the Clough Industrial Park at Lacy, Colorado), but the site was never used and was <br />later (1996) deleted from the permit. The waterline was removed, and the waterline corridor was <br />removed from the permit in 1999. A Phase I (partial) and Phase II bond release (SL-2) was <br />approved on August 17, 2001, that applied to all reclamation work required at the site less the <br />removal of sediment control structures (and associated reclamation of topsoil piles). The permit <br />was again renewed on October 9, 2001. The permit was transferred to C.B. Minerals Company, <br />LLC, on Mazch 22, 2002. The Pemilt number has been changed from 84-065 to 1984-065. <br />The life of mine plan encompassed over 5,900 acres, of which approximately 2,484.3 acres are <br />currently permitted. Of these, 45.2 surface acres (2002 Annual Reclamation Report) were <br />disturbed. The Wheeler seam was to be mined by hydraulic methods {an exploration program and <br />a hydraulic mining test preceded development). Coal was to be transported by a water flume to a <br />prepazation facility. The coal was then to be dewatered, and stored for shipment by rail to <br />customers. <br />Development operations commenced in October 1986 and were discontinued in Mazch 1987. <br />Two entranceway portals were driven by a roadheader approximately 500 feet into the hillside. <br />Coal was not produced. The decision was made in 1993 to reclaim the site, and reclamation <br />