GENERAL50712

• Permit No: C1981034
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/29/1988
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN1
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• Findings of the •
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division
for
Red Canyon Mine
Exolanation 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 permit 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 and 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 sub-titles.
This findings document is updated upon permit renewal, which occurs every five
years for most mines. This is the renewal findings document for the Red
Canyon Mine, and permit renewal is being granted for reclamation-only
activities during a five year permit term. The following findings were
reevaluated and updated to reflect changes which have occurred during the past
permit term. Any stipulations from the original permit and findings document
or subsequent revisions that have been totally resolved to the satisfaction of
the Division, have been removed from this document.
SECTION A
Findings Reouired by Rule 2.01.6(2).
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 the permit application and other
information available to the Division, the Division finds that surface
coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at the Red
Canyon 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
Tongue Creek, Colorado CHIS 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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