1987-12-01_PERMIT FILE - C1981017 ‎(290)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 12/1/1987
• Doc Name: Revegation Information
• Section_Exhibit Name: Chapter V Appendix V-G-1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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• J.D.MacFarlane
Attorney General 1876
Charles B. Howe 1jr iftM#r of Tialorttdo STATE SERVICES BUILDING
Deputy Attorney General
Joel L+I. Cantrick DEPARTMENT OF LAW 1525 Sherman Street,3rd.FI.Denver,Colorado80203
Solicitor General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Phone [phone] &86&3621
August 18, 1982
MEMORANDUM ;
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TO: Jim Herron I;�
FR: Linda Pipo
1982
RE : Mid-Continent outslope reclamation
Facts
Outslopes in the Mid-Continent permit area provide support for
• mine benches. They area necessary part of the present operation
and have been disturbed since the permit (#77-419) was issued.
Is sue
Must these outslopes which existed prior to 1971 be reclaimed
by the operator?
Airs;ier
Yes, the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act requires
that these outslopes be reclaimed.
Pursuant to C.R.S . 34-33-121(2) (e) (f) supp. 1981 .
"Each permit issued under this article and relating to under-
ground coal mining shall require the operator to :
(e) Design, locate, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge,
modify, and remove, or abandon, in accordance with the stand-
ards and criteria contained in applicable state & federal law,
all existing and new coal mine waste piles consisting of mine
wastes , tailings , coal processing wastes, or other liquid and
solid wastes and used either temporarily or permanently as
dams or embankments (emphasis added) .
. (f) Establish on regraded areas and all other affected lands ,
a diverse and permanent vegetative cover capable of self-
regeneration and plant succession and at least equal , in ex-
tent of cover, to the natural vegetation of the area; .