GENERAL50474

• Permit No: C1981015
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/30/1992
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• From: Reclamation Only
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of
Minerals and Geology (the Division) for the Fruita Mine. This document
includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit application; 2) a
summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a
description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of
the reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division
has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.
Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The Division has received an application for a permit to Conduct reclamation
operations at the Fruita Mine. The application was submitted by Greg Lewicki
and Associates. The mine will be operated by American Shield Coal Company and
is located on private lands within Mesa County, Colorado. The legal
description of the lands included within the permit area is:
Township 8 South, Ranqe 101 West of the 6th Principal Meridian
NW 1/4, NW 1/4 Section 29
NE 1/4 Section 30
Proposed Decision
The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve an
application for reclamation only. The application was submitted by Greg
Lewicki and Associates for the mine. This decision is based on a finding that
the operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program
as found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101
et seg., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. If no request
for a formal hearing is made within thirty (30) days of the first publication
of the issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes final.
Upon submittal of acceptable surety by the applicant, the permit will be
issued. The permit application, all supporting documentation and any
stipulations or conditions will become a binding part of the permit.
Summary
The Review Process
Mining commenced at the Fruita No. 1 and 2 Mines prior to the enactment of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act on August 3, 1977. On May 31, 1977,
the Colorado Division of Mined Land Reclamation issued a Notice of Intent to
conduct prospecting at the Fruita Mine site to Coal Fuels Corporation.
Construction of roads and development of mine benches began in the summer of
1977. Waste rock generated by bench construction and portal face-up work was
dumped over the edge of the mine bench prior to August 3, 1977.