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<br />Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (the Division) for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine. This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve with Conditions and <br />Stipulations the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and <br />reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has <br />made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application fora permit renewal allowing <br />reclamation only at the Coal Ridge No. l Mine. The application was submitted <br />by New Castle Energy Corporation. The mine is located on private lands within <br />Garfield County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within <br />the permit area is: All or portions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, <br />T6S, R90W; and Section 1 of T6S, R91 W. <br />