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A HISTORY OF APPLICANTS PAST COMPLIANCE A check was made concerning the applicant's past compliance with national and state coal reclamation rules and regulations using the national Applicant Violator System (AVS). Checks were made on the following dates, with the following findings issued: Date of AVS Check 01-21-1993 01-25-1993 04-07-1993 04-09-1993 OSMRE Recommendation Issue Issue Conditional Issue Conditional Issue A final check using the Applicant Violator System will be made prior to issuance of the permit. On April 7, 1993, a recommendation came from OSMRE to condition the issuance of the applicant's permit due to a cessation order given to a mine controlled by the applicant in the State of Kentucky. Therefore a stipulation has been added to the permit. Please refer to Section B, Item 7 of this document. A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT General The HG Loadout and railroad spur, which was part of the HG Coal Mine located seven miles northeast of the mine site, was purchased from HG Coal Company by Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc. (HGTI). The HG Coal Mine has been reclaimed and both it and the loadout were in temporary cessation until HGTI agreed to purchase the loadout from HG Coal Company (with no coal being stored or shipped from the loadout since 1987). HGTI has leased the loadout to Peabody Coal Company to operate. The HG Loadout is located in Routt County, approximately two miles southeast of the Town of Hayden, Colorado (see Figure 1). Approximately 95% of the surface acreage of the proposed permit area is owned by HGTI, with the rest being leased from the State of Colorado, the Town of Hayden and private individuals. No coal is proposed to be mined within the proposed permit area. The HG Loadout lies at approximately 6,400 feet in elevation and is situated in the bottom of the Dry Creek Valley. The proposed permit area is traversed by Dry Creek, the Seneca II-W Mine's Tie-Across Haul Road and Routt County Road 37. a