GENERAL50114

• Permit No: C1981015
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/5/1979
• Doc Name: DEVELOPMENT AND EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT
• Permit Index Doc Type: Permit Legal Document
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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?SI'JED LA.YD RECLa?L~TION 30A~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Department of Natural Resou
1313 Sherman Street, Room 723
Denver, Colorado 80203
Telephone: [phone]
DEVELOPMENT AND E!CTRACTION MINING PERMIT
THIS PERMIT is issued this 5th day of September by the Mined Land
Reclamation Board, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado.
W I TN E S S E T H
underground
WHEREAS,Dorchester Colomine Coal Co. desires to conduct a(n) coal mining
operation, known as Fruita Mine for the purpose of extracting
mined coal and
WHEREAS, on April 10 19 7g ,Dorchester Colomine Coal Lo. "FILED" an
aoplication,a reclamation plan and map, and the required fee, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on July 26 19 79 , the 1•[ined Land Reclamation Board approved
an application and set bond; and
WHEREAS, on September $ 19 79 , the Mined Land Reclamation Board accepted
surety submitted by Dorchester Colomine Coal Co. and such date shall be considered the
date of issuance of the permit and the anniversary date for all other purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Boa td has made a finding, for the purposes
of issuing this permit, that:
1) the application complies with the requirements of the Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Act and all applicable local, state and
Federal laws; and,
2) the operation will not adversely affect the stability of any
significant, valuable, and permanent man-made structures Located
within two hundred feet of the affected Iand, except where there
is an agreement between the operator and the persons having an
interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to be
compensated for by the operator; and,
3) the proposed mining operations and reclamation can be carried out
in conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-116, as
amended (1976 Sess. Laws H.B. 1065); and
WHEREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, the operator has made a
satisfactory showing to the Board that he will employ during and after his
underground coal mining operations procedures reasonably designed to minimize
as much as practicable the disruption from the underground coal mining operations
and will provide for the rehabilitation of the affected land through the rehabilitation
of plant cover, soil stability, water resources, and other measures appropriate to the
subsequent beneficial use of such mined and reclaimed lands; and that in the event
of the failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will take whatever measures which
may be necessary in order to assure the success of reclamation of the lands affected
by his underground coal mining operations; and,
Wk~REAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, a copy of the application
approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado is attached
to this permit and thereby becomes a part of the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority set forth in the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation Act, Article 32 of Title 34, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, (1976
Sess. Laws H.B. 1065} the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado
hereby issues a life of the mine permit to Dorchester Colomine Coal Co to engage
in underground coal mining for the purpose of extracting
mined coal on the following parcel of ground, to wit:
Section 30,
TSS,R101W,
6th P.M.