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Ali <br /> -3- <br /> SUMMARY OF <br /> THE PERMIT REVIEW HISTORY <br /> THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT <br /> AND <br /> THE MINING AND RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> Western Fuels Association, ,„ Inc. has applied for a permit revision to Permit <br /> No. C-81 -018 in accorddance with the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal <br /> Mining Reclamation Act to mine coal from three new Federal Co&l Leases at the <br /> Deserado Mine. The mine is located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado <br /> approximately 9 miles northeast of Rangely along County Road 65 near Kenney <br /> Reservoir. The permit area is within the Rangely NE and Cactus Reservoir <br /> U.S.G.S. 7 1 /2 minute quadrangle maps in Sections, 21 , 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, <br /> 30, 31 , 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 of T3N. R1O1W and Sections 1 , 2, 3, 4, 11 and <br /> 12 of T2N, R1O1W, within the 6th Principal Meridian. <br /> The projected project life is 24 years and total production is projected to be <br /> 32.47 million tons. Annual production of clean coal is estimated to be <br /> 1 .353 million tons. Ownership of the coal is 100 percent Federal contained <br /> within five coal leases. <br /> The permit area currently encompasses 6,272.4 acres and will be increased to <br /> 9,152.4 acres following the addition to the permit of Federal coal leases <br /> C-8424, C-8425 and C-0126669. The affected area presently comprises <br /> approximately 430 acres. Current disturbed area acreage is approximately 294 <br /> acres. The size of the disturbed area will increase slightly over the <br /> remainder of the permit term as the coal processing waste disposal subareas <br /> are developed. The size of the disturbed area at the refuse disposal site <br /> will eventually reach a steady state as completed subareas are reclaimed. It <br /> is anticipated that the steady state area of disturbance at the refuse <br /> disposal site will not exceed 50 acres. <br /> I. Permit Review History <br /> The original application for a permanent regulatory program permit was <br /> received by the Division on May 7, 1980. The application was found complete <br /> on May 13, 1980. Division review of the application was coordinated with the <br /> Office of Surface Mining as a joint review to avoid duplication of effort. <br /> Adequacy reviews were forwarded to the permittee on August 29, 1980, March 13, <br /> 1981 (joint MLRD-OSM TEA Document), and April 20, 1981 . The permittee <br /> responded to the review comments in the form of several written responses <br /> submitted at various times during the review period. Division and OSM <br /> concerns were subsequently resolved and a Notice of Proposed Decision to <br /> approve the application with stipulations was published on June 8, 15, 22, and <br /> 29, 1981 . No requests fora formal hearing were received. <br /> The Deserado Mine received their permit on July 27, 1981 . In order to allow <br /> • sufficient time to construct the mine related facilities and initiate <br /> development of the underground mine plan, an eight year permit term was <br /> granted by the Division. <br /> 1 <br />