GENERAL56003

• Permit No: C1992081
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/10/1993
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

FINDINGS OF THE
COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
FOR THE HAYDEN GULCH LOADOUT
EXPLANATION OF FINDINGS
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board for Coal Mining, and the approved program for the State of Colorado, the Division
of Minerals and Geology or the Board must make specific written findings prior to issuance
of a permit, permit renewal or permit revision. These findings are based on information
made available to the Division by the applicant that demonstrates that the applicant will be
able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and
the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
This findings document represents the initial document for this permit. The formal findings
in the following sections of this document, required by Rule 2.07.6(2), are listed in
accordance with that Rule. The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule
2.07.6(2)(m) are listed in accordance with Rule 4 and are organized under subject or
discipline subtitles (please refer to table of contents of this document).
SECTION A
Findings Rewired bX Rule 2.07.6(2
I. The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and
these rules have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)).
2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information
available to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation
can be feasibly accomplished at the Hayden Gulch Loadout and Rai] Loop
(2.07.6(2)(b)).
3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the
general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the
Division. This assessment, entitled "Yampa River Cumulative Hydrologic Impact
Statement," is available for inspection at the offices of the Division. The Division finds
that the operations proposed under the application have been designed to prevent
damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit area (2.07.6(2)(c)).
The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of
August 3, 1977, not within:
a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i));
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