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_~_ <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />G.E.C. Minerals, Inc. <br />G.E.C. Mine <br />C-037-81 <br />'fhe Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve with <br />stipulations an application for a permit to conduct coal mining sub- <br />mitted by G.E.C. Minerals, Inc. for the C.E.C. Mine. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation <br />will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Plining <br />Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq•, and the <br />Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part <br />of the permit upon approval. <br />List of Stipulations <br />1. A DETAILED PLAN FOR G.E.C. PORTION OF THE DfAGPIE CREEK DIVERSION, <br />CERTIFIED BY A QUALIFIED, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AS <br />REQUIRED UNDER RULE 2.05.3(4) MUST BE PROVIDED TO THF. DIVISION <br />WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. <br />2. G.E.C. MUST SUBMIT THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ORIGINAL <br />MAGPIE CREEK CHANNEL RECONSTRUCTION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT <br />ISSUANCE. <br />3. A DETAILED PLAN FOR THE PERMANENT DIVERSION OF THE TRIBUTARY TO <br />MAGPIE CREEK (PM-CH-15) MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE DIVISION IJITHIN <br />ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. THE PLAN MUST BE CERTIFIED BY A <br />QUALIFIED REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. <br />4. EACH WATER CONTROL DESIGN DRAWING IN ONE SET OF THE PERMIT APPLI- <br />CATION ON FILE WITH THE DIVISION MUST BE CERTIFIED BY A QUALIFIED <br />REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. <br />5. PROOF OF APPLICATION TO THE COLORADO STATE. ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL OF <br />PONDS C AND F MUST BE RECEIVED BY THF, DIVISION WITHIN 30 DAYS OP PER- <br />MIT ISSUANCE. MODIFICATION OF POND C AND CONSTRUCTION OP POND F CAN- <br />NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL APPROVAL FOR THE DAMS IS RECEIVED FROM THE COLORADO <br />STATE ENGINEER. FURTHERMORE, THE CATCHMENT BASINS UPSTREAM OF POND C <br />CREATED BY PREVIOUS MINING CANNOT BE DISTURBED UNTIL POND C IS MODIFIED, <br />NOR CAN MINING TAKE PLACE IN THE EAST PIT PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF POND <br />F. <br />I . ~ _t <br />