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The mine site is located ~ on federal and private lands a about seven miles southwest of Carbondale,
<br />within Pitkin County, Colorado. This portion of the permit azea encompasses all or portions of
<br />Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35 T8S R89W, and Sections 2, 3, and 4 T9S R89W, 6°i PM 9. These
<br />sections can be located on USGS 7.5-minute Stoney Ridge topographic map quadrangle. There are
<br />three former portal areas associated with this Division permit. They are Portal 1, located 10 to the
<br />south of Pitkin County Road 001 and North Thompson Creek; Portal 3, located 10 to the north of
<br />Pitkin County Road 001; and a portal located t ~ between US Forest Service Road 306 and Middle
<br />Thompson Creek. An air shaft, the Stoney Ridge air shaft, was located 12 in the Middle Thompson
<br />Creek drainage to the south of Portal 1. Another airshaft was proposed near and south of Portal 1, in
<br />the North Thompson Creek drainage. Coal processing and other major surface facilities were located
<br />t3 to [he northeast of Portal 1 between North Thompson Creek and Pitkin County Road 001. A coal
<br />mine waste dump was located to the east of the support facilities area. A Portal 2, located on the north
<br />side of Pitkin County Road 001, between Portals ]and 3, not associated with this permit, was
<br />reclaimed under the Division's Inactive Mines Program.
<br />Coal was hauled by truck via Pitkin County Road 101, Garfield County Road 108, and a spur road to
<br />a loadout facility 14. The spur road and loadout facility, included in the permit, are located on private
<br />lands 15 within Garfield County, Colorado, northwest of Carbondale. The loadout site consists of a
<br />haul road, a truck dump area, and a corridor that was used for a conveyor to transfer coal from the
<br />truck dump area to a train loadout site east of the Roaring Fork River. The area east of the River, a
<br />29-acre azea referred to as the Diamond A Parcel, has been released from the permit 16. The truck
<br />dump area and conveyor corridor sites aze located in all or parts of Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7, Section 29 T7S
<br />R88W. The mine haul road traverses Sections 29, 30 and 32, T7S R88W and Section 5 T8S R88W,
<br />6'" PM ~~. These sections can be located on the USGS 7.5-minute Cattle Creek topographic map
<br />quadrangle.
<br />The permit includes 1,516 acres of federal and 1,820 acres of private lands 18, of which 3300 acres are
<br />at the mine site and 36 acres are at the loadout 19. Of these, 63.2 20 acres have been disturbed by
<br />7 PAP, Page 2-],Drawing D-4-1
<br />a PAP, Drawing D-3-19
<br />9 PAP, Page 2-1, 05/2001
<br />10 PAP, Drawings D-3-4 and D-3-5
<br />~~ PAP, Drawing D-3-19 and Figure 3.6.1-5
<br />~Z Drawings D-2-I and D-3-18
<br />~~ PAP, Drawings D-3-4 and D-3-5
<br />"PAP, page 2-l, Drawing D-2-2
<br />15 PAP, Drawing D-3-3
<br />16 Technical Revision (TR) I5, 02/01/94; SL-03, November 24, 1993
<br />~~ PAP, Page 2-l, 05/2001
<br />is RN-03, Application Form, 12/23/97
<br />is PAP, Page 2-1
<br />20 PAP page 4-ix 5/01
<br />SL-04, C-81-025
<br />November 13, 2001
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