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<br />Introduction <br /> <br />This written findings document was prepazed by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the Lorencito Canyon Mine. This document includes: <br />1) the proposed decision on the permit revision (PR-Ol) application; <br />2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit revision application, a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining <br />and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision (PR-Ol) to conduct surface coal <br />mining and reclamation operations at the Lorencito Canyon Mine. The application was <br />submitted by Lorencito Coal Company, LLC. The mine will be operated by Lorencito Coal <br />Company, LLC. The mine is located on private lands within Las Animas Counry, Colorado. <br />The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is described using the metes <br />and bounds method in detail in Exhibit 2 of the permit. This area is part of the original <br />Maxwell Land Grant and was not surveyed within the scope of the U.S. survey system of public <br />lands. It can generally be described as lands south of the Purgatoire River, lands east of Cow <br />Canyon, lands north of Puertecito Canyon, and lands west of Little Jeff Canyon, covering <br />approximately 3142 acres. <br />