2000-02-10_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/10/2000
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for RN3
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the
Division) for the Roadside North and South Portal Mines, Permit Renewal No. 3 (RN-03). This document
includes: I)the proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit renewal application; 2)a summary
which includes a history of the review of the permit application,a description of the environment affected by
the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3)the written findings of compliance
the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed
information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation
operations at the Roadside North and South Portal Mines. The application was submitted by Powderhom Coal
Company. The mines will be operated by Powderhom Coal Company. The mines are located on federal and
private lands within Mesa County,Colorado,and the legal description of the lands included within the permit
area is:
Township 10 South,Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: All or portions of Sections 20, 21,22,23,
26, 27, 28, 29,34, and 35.
Township I 1 South, Range 97 West,6th Principal Meridian: Sections 6, 7,and portions of Section 18.
Township I I South, Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: Sections 1, 12, 13,and 14; and portions
of Sections 2 and 11.
Township I South, Range 2 East, Ute Principal Meridian: Portions of Section I.
This findings document updates and replaces the previous findings document, associated with Permit
Revision No. 2, dated December 10, 1997. Certain details specific to that revision and information
regarding historical permitting actions addressed in that document have been omitted from this document,and
the reader is referred to the previous findings if additional detail is desired.
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