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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the Hamilton Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed <br />decision to approve with stipulations the permit renewal Ol; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. 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 received an application for a permit renewal to conduct surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations at the Hamilton Mine on June 6, 1996 from Honeywood Coal Company. <br />The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal description <br />of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />T46N, R15W, Section 28 SE/4, NE/4 SW/4; Section 32-E1/2, E1/2 and Section 33; <br />T45N, R15W, Section4-NWl/4 and Sections-El/2, NEl/4, N.M.P.M. containing 1197 <br />acres more or less. <br />1 <br />