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PART I -INTRODUCTION <br />Purpose of this Document <br />This document presents the results of the Midterm Permit Review of the Pittsburg & Midway <br />Coal Mining Company's Edna Mine. The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />"DMG") conducted this review for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (the "Act"), and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining (the "Regulations"). <br />Organization of this Document <br />This document is divided into the following three parts: <br />Part I -Introduction <br />Part R- Summary of Operations, Revisions to Permit, <br />Violations, Stipulations, Variances, and Bond <br />Part III -Requested Revisions of Permit Application <br />Midterm Review Requirements of the Rel=_ulations <br />Section 2.08.3 of the Regulations requires the Division to conduct a general review of each <br />mining and reclamation permit prior to the middle of the permit's term (2 1/z yeazs). Based on <br />this Midterm Review, for good cause shown, the Division may require the permittee to revise or <br />modify the permit in order to ensure compliance with the Act and the Regulations. <br />Table 1, below, lists the other Sections of the Regulations that require a Midterm Review of <br />specific aspects of each permit. <br />Table 1-Specific Midterm Review topics <br />Section Topic <br />Applicability at the <br />Edna Mine <br />2.06.2(10) Experimental practices Inapplicable, no <br />such practices. <br />2.06.3(4)(a) Mountaintop removal Inapplicable, no <br />variances such variances. <br />Edna Mine Page 2 March 26, 2004 <br />Midterm Review <br />