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• <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />Doc Date:1 211 1120 01 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The following submission is prepared in accordance with applicable <br />statutes, regulations and orders, as a permit application of Surface <br />Coal Mining and Reclamation for GEC Minerals, Inc. The implementa- <br />tion of any plans and procedures delineated here depend on approvals <br />and permits from the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division. <br />The information set forth in this application is intended to apply <br />to the permit in adjacent areas and includes general permit require- <br />ments, general requirements for coal exploration, legal and financial <br />compliance, environmental resources, cultural and historical resource <br />information, general description of hydrology and geology, geology <br />description, hydrology information, climatological information, soil <br />resource information, vegetation information, fish and wildlife re- <br />sources information, prime farm land investigation, operation and <br />reclamation plans, special categories, miscellaneous requirements and <br />performance bond requirements. <br />• In addition to the information described above, having general appli- <br />cability to the entire permit area, the plan outlines more detailed <br />information relative to that specific geographic area of the permit <br />area which the current and proposed operation will mine to supply <br />coal to GEC's customers. Such specific information includes mine <br />plans, mining equipment, production schedules and reclamation plans <br />and schedules. <br />It should be noted that the reclamation plan permit of this appli- <br />cation includes the Prospecting Pit, Orphan Pit, North Orphan Pit and <br />Refuse Dump. GEC Minerals, Inc., plans to reclaim these areas based <br />on the approved plan of November 29, 1979. Throughout this mining <br />and reclamation plan, production and other schedules pertaining to the <br />timing of operations are referenced to years of mine operation as well <br />as reclamation such as 1981, 1982. Year 1 is assumed to be 1981. In <br />addition, the permit application follows the format set forth in the <br />Colorado Final Regulation Program for ease of review. <br />• <br />