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• Introduction • <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Division (the Division) for the Red Canyon Mine. This document <br />includes: 1) the proposed decision for the permit renewal application; 2) a <br />summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of <br />the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the <br />Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found <br />in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct <br />reclamation operations at the Red Canyon Mine. The application was submitted <br />by Grand Mesa Coal Company. The mine will be operated by Grand Mesa Coal <br />Company. The mine is located on private lands containing Federal-lease coal <br />within Delta County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included <br />within the permit area is: W 1/2 SE 1/4, Section 2; E 1/2 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE <br />1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Section <br />11; SW 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 12; NW 1/4 NW 1/4 <br />Section 13; part of NE 1/4 NE 1/4, Section 14, T13S, R95W, 6th Prime Meridian. <br />-1- <br />