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<br />SI~ 2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND <br />• MINING ACTIVITIES - MINIMUt4 REQUIREMENTS FOR UocDate:12/11/2007 <br />INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES <br />This section of the permit application provides a description of the <br />environmental resources that either have been impacted by previous <br />mining activities or may be affected by the planned underground mining <br />operations and surface activities incidental thereto to be conducted by <br />Peerless Resources. As stated in the Introduction to this permit, both <br />surface and underground mining activities have been conducted at the <br />site and adjacent areas; therefore, a description of the pre-mining and <br />environmental resources in ,the area of previous and existing mining is <br />based upon historical records and recollections of knowledgeable <br />parties, and through correlations and comparisons with undisturbed <br />environmental resources. <br />This permit is not fora mine in virgin country. Mining activities have <br />• been conducted in this area for over 70 years. The Division has <br />evaluated the environmental conditions for this area of Durango several <br />times in the past. Likewise, the environmental information in other <br />coal permits in this region of Colorado may be applicable to the <br />Peerless Resources permit. <br /> <br />2.04-1 <br />