2008-03-05_PERMIT FILE - C1981013A

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2.03 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS • 2.03.1 Objectives • I • The purpose of this section is to ensure that the Division receives all relevant information required on surface ownership and the compliance history and status of BRI for continued coal mining operations at the Golden Eagle Mine. This information is provided in the following sections to answer each specific question in regard to continued operations. 2.03.2 Responsibilities A written application is included in this permit application under which BRI will continue mining operations at its Golden Eagle Mine. The following application provides the required information and its location within this document for conducting coal mining in Colorado. 2.03.3 Format and Supplemental Information (1)-(8) Additional information, which has been utilized by BRI to support the baseline data and other operating data, is included in the text and presented in the Exhibits portion of this application. Data, which has been taken.from the various reports, analyses, and other reference material, is shown on the maps and within the application for which this information was developed. Numerous analyses of the soils, overburden, underburden, coal, and surface and ground water have been completed by BRI. Analytical work of each of these materials was primarily done by CT&E of Golden, Colorado and Core Laboratories of Aurora, Colorado. Laboratory procedures for testing the overburden, soils, and water comply with standard EPA and USGS procedures for the various required constituent analyses. The supporting information and technical data supplied by various individuals and companies, as shown in the Exhibits portion of this application, are also listed in Table 1, Organizations Supplying Technical and Supplemental Information. BRI filed five (5) copies of this complete permit application with original signatures. Each application contains text addressing the appropriate rules, and exhibits and maps, which support the explanation required in the text portion. (9) Exhibit 32 provides the certification by a responsible official of the permit applicant that the information contained in the application is true and correct to the best of the officials information and belief. 2.03.4 Identification of Interests (1) & (2) The permit applicant for the Golden Eagle Mine is Basin Resources, Inc., (BRI), a Colorado corporation, located at 14300 Highway 12, Weston Colorado (approximately six miles west of the town of Weston. The corporate address is: 2 North Cascade Avenue, 14~h Floor, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. All permit information, as well as compliance information IAN-u~l' 2.03-1 (Revised 3/6/04)