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INTRODUCTION <br /> This document it the approval package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Division (the Division) for a permit revision for the Deserado <br /> Mine, a Federal coal mine located in Rio Blanco County. The package contains <br /> three parts. These include: 1 ) the proposed decision to approve the permit <br /> revision application; 2) a summary which includes; a description of the <br /> history of the review of the permit revision application, a description of the <br /> environment affected by the mining operation and description of the mining and <br /> reclamation plan; and 3) the Division's written findings of compliance <br /> required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.% Detailed <br /> information about the review process can be found in the Act and the <br /> Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All <br /> Rules referenced in this document are contained within those Regulations. <br /> Detailed information about the proposed mining and reclamation operation can <br /> be found in the permit application on file (No. C-81-018) in the public record <br /> maintained by the Division and at the County Clerk's Office for Rio Blanco <br /> County located at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse in Rangely, Colorado. <br /> Appropriate sections of this findings document have been revised to reflect <br /> the addition to the mining operation of three federal coal leases, numbers <br /> -C-8424, C-8425, and C-0126669, processed by the Division as a permit revision. <br /> to permit No. C-81 -018. In addition, this document represents an update of <br /> the findings originally made for the Deserado Mine by the Office of Surface <br /> Mining and a reformatting consistent with other Division coal mining approval <br /> packages. <br /> • <br /> i <br /> I <br />