GENERAL48916

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/13/2001
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for SL4
• From: Partial Phase I & Partial Phase II
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Rules Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining,
2 CCR 407-2
SL-04 See Application
USFS U. S. Forest Service
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 25. The
application requires a number of actions of the permtttee, including public notice of submission of the
application. Upon receipt of an application, the Division reviews the application for completeness z6.
Subsequent to a determination that an application is complete, the Division conducts an on-site
inspection and evaluation of the reclaimed site 27. 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 summazizes the degree of compliance with the rules associated with the
release. Based on the Findings of Compliance, a Proposed Decision is issued 28. The Proposed
Decision is made available to the public and interested agencies for 30 days. If uncontested, the
proposed decision becomes final 29. if the proposed decision is to approve the bond release, bonds
held by the Division may be returned or reduced. If contested, a due process is engaged to determine
the fate of the application.
This bond release (SL-04) was initiated by Minrec, Inc. by submission of an application (Minrec, Inc.,
North Thompson Creek Mines Request for Partial Bond Release Permit No. C-81-025) under a J. E.
Stover & Associates letter of July 12, 2001. It was received at the Division on July 16, 2001. The
Application was found incomplete on May 22, 2001. After deficiencies in the application were
corrected, the application was found complete on August 13, 2001. The Applicant had provided proof
of publication of a public notice regarding the application in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.
The notice had been published on June 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2001. The Applicant had also notified
(Appendix 2 of this Findings Document) landowners within and adjacent to the mine permit azea and
other interested parties of the application for bond release so
The Division received six expressions of interest in response to notices by the Applicant. One 31 was
from Ms. Janet Buck, Town of Carbondale. Her interest was in the overall general reclamation of the
u Rule 3.03.2(1)
ze Rule 3.03.2(1)(d)
2' Rule 3.03.2(2)
38 Rule 3.03.2(5)
~9 Rules 3.03.2(3) and (5)(b)
3o Rule 3.03.20)
~~ Telephone call, July 17, 2001
SL-04, C-81-025
November 13, 2001
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