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-4- <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />Colorado Westmoreland Inc. -Orchard Valley Mine <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with <br />stipulations, an application for a permit revision to conduct coal mining <br />operations submitted by Colorado Westmoreland Inc. for the Orchard Valley <br />Mine. The Division proposes to incorporate the existing and approved permit <br />area of Permit C-038-83 and the proposed permit revision area together under <br />one permit within one permit area. This approval also conveys the right of <br />successive permit renewal for those lands within the permit area requested in <br />the application (subject to the attached stipulations). <br />This decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply <br />with the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, <br />C.R.S. as amended, 34-33-101 et sec., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant <br />to the Act. ' <br />The finding of compliance, and the stipulations which are a part of this <br />approval, are attached to this document. <br />The permit revision approval cannot be issued until all statutory notice and <br />public comment requirements have been satisfied. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of the <br />permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Orchard Valley Mine are as <br />follows: <br />Stipulation No. 1 <br />CWI SHALL SUBMIT RIGHT OF ENTRY INFORMATION TO MLRD FOR ALL SURFACE AFFECTED <br />LANDS WITHIN THE PERMIT AREA PRIOR TO EXTRACTING COAL BENEATH THESE LANDS OR <br />OTHERWISE AFFECTING THEM. <br />Stipulation No. 2 <br />CWI SHALL COMPLETE THE ON-THE-GROUND FIELD VERIFICATIONS OF SURFACE WATER <br />RESOURCES ON THOSE LANDS FOR WHICH RIGHT OF ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN OBTAINED. THE <br />RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION PRIOR TO CWI <br />UNDERMINING OR OTHERWISE AFFECTING THESE LANDS. <br />