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~~' -~ • III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br />IN THE MATTER OF: PERMIT C-82-054, DENIAL OF PERMIT <br />RENEWAL AND BOND FORFEITURE <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br />This Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order is <br />entered by the Mined Land Reclamation Hoard ("Board") following a <br />hearing held on July 25, 1990. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. On October 12, 1988, Pueblo Coal Company, Inc. (PCI) <br />submitted an application for renewal of Permit C-82-054. <br />2. The original permit expired on October 25, 1988. <br />3. The Mined Land Reclamation Division ("Division") <br />issued a Recommendation and Findings for Denial of the permit <br />renewal application on November 10, 1989. PCI subsequently filed <br />an objection to the recommendation of denial. <br />4. The issue of the Division's recommendation of denial <br />of permit renewal came before the Bcard in December 1989. At <br />that time the Board set a June 1, 1990 deadline for PCI to meet <br />all of the conditions specified in a Letter of Agreement entered <br />into between PCI and the Division, dated December 14, 1989. <br />5. By June 1, 1990 PCI had not: <br />a. submitted a replacement bond or rider increas- <br />ing the reclamation bond to $1,125,300 as required by condition A <br />of the Letter of Agreement, or <br />b. submitted all of the information necessary for <br />the Division to render a decision on the permit renewal as <br />required by condition D of the Letter of Agreement. <br />