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PART I -INTRODUCTION <br />Purpose of this Document <br />This document presents the results of the 2005 Midterm Permit Review of Hayden Gulch <br />Terminal, Inc.'s (HGTI) Hayden Gulch Loadout facility (HG Loadout), Permit C-1992- <br />081.The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) conducted this review <br />for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act (Act), and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining (Rules). <br />Organization of this Document <br />This document is divided into the following three parts: Part I -Introduction; Part II- <br />Summary of Operations, Revisions to Permit, Violations, Stipulations, Variances, and <br />Bond; and Part III -Requested Revisions of Permit Application. <br />Midterm Review Requirements of the Regulations <br />Section 2.08.3 of the Rules requires the Division to conduct a general (but specific with <br />regazd to some operations) review of each mining and reclamation permit prior to the <br />middle of the permit's term. The current permit was approved May 22, 2003 and expires <br />on May 22, 2008. Mid-term (midterm) is November 18, 2005. Based on this midterm <br />review, for good cause shown, the Division may require the permittee to revise or modify <br />the permit in order to ensure compliance with the Act and the Regulations. <br />Table 1, below, lists the Sections of the Rules that require a midterm review of specific <br />aspects of each permit. <br />Table 1 -Specific Midterm Review Topics -- <br />Rule Topic <br />Applicability at Hayden Gulch Loadout <br />Experimental The permit is, by exception, in compliance <br />2.06.2(10 with this rule. There are no experimental <br />practices <br />practices in the permit or at the site. <br />Mountaintop The permit is, by exception, incompliance <br />2.06.3(4)(a) removal variances with this rule. There aze no mountaintop <br /> removal variances in the permit or at the site <br />Variances from The permit is, by exception, in compliance <br />2.06.5(3)(c) approximate with this rule. There are no variances from <br />original contour approximate original contour for steep slope <br />for steep slope mining in the permit or at the site <br />Hayden Gulch Loadout Midterm Review Page 2 November 8, 2005 <br />