GENERAL50546

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/7/1994
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR4
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Findings of the
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
for
King Coal Mine
Explanation of Findings
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board for Coal Mining, and the approved state program, the Mined Land Reclamation
Division or the Board must make specific written findings prior to issuance of a permit,
permit renewal or perntit revision. These findings are based on information made available
to the Division that demonstrates that the applicant will be able to operate in compliance with
the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act artd the Regulations promulgated
pursuant to the Act.
The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in accordance
with that Rule. The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m)
are listed in accordance with Rule 4 and are organized under subject or discipline subtitles.
This findings document is updated upon permit renewal, which occurs every five years for
most mines. For Permit Revision-04, the reevaluated and updated if necessary to reflect
changes which have occurred since the perniit was reissued on August 18, 1992. Any
stipulations from the original permit and fmdings document or subsequent revisions that have
been totally resolved to the satisfaction of the Division, have been removed from this
document.
Section A
Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(21.
1. The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and
these rules have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)). .
2. Based on information contained in [he perntit application and other information
available to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation
can be feasibly accomplished at the King Coal Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)).
3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in
the general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made
by the Division. This assessment entitled "La Plata Cumulative Hydrologic Impact
Assessment" is available for inspection at the offices of the Division. The Division
finds that the operations proposed under the application have been designed to prevent
damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit area (2.07.6{2)(c)).
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