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Summary The Review Arocess CF&I Steel Corporation is applying for a permit under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act to mine coal at the Allen Mine. The mine is located in Las Animas County, Colorado approximately 33 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado along State Highway 12 in Sections 22 and 23, T33S, R68W. The Allen Mine has been in existence since 1951 and was operated under an interim permit issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (the Division) on January 25, 1918 pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. CF&I Steel Corporation submitted an application for a new permit on February 4, 1981, pursuant to Section 34-33-109 of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Since that time the application has been under review by the Division to determine compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. On April 10, 1981, the Division sent a letter to CFt~I Steel Corporation (CF6I) which identified deficiencies in the application which were noted during the preliminary adequacy review. Resolution of these deficiencies was required in order for the Division to make determinations of compliance. Several meetings were held with CF&I during the sunnier and fall of 1981 to discuss necessary information and investigations, including a meeting at the mine site where specific problem areas were examined and discussed. CF&I responded to the April 10, 1981 letter in a total resubmittal of their permit application on December 4, 1981. Division concerns, regarding the December 4, 1981 submittal were sent to CF&I on April 19, 1982. The April 19, 1982 letter to CF&I was in the form of a Draft Findings document. This document contained several conditions for permit approval and numerous stipulations. The operator was urged to attempt to resolve as many of the conditions and stipulations as possible before the final findings document was written. Therefore CF&I's responses to the Draft Findings document, which were received on August 24, 1982 and December 20, 1982, were largely aimed at addressing those conditions and stipulations. Mining operations were discontinued in July 1982. Since that time activities at the mine site have been limited to maintenance of the underground workings and surface facilities. The Division has reviewed the August and December responses and has issued these findings as a result of this final review. Deficiencies in the permit application still exist. Because of these deficiencies, the Division has included conditions and stipulations in this permit approval and is proposing to approve the permit in part.