2007-11-16_REVISION - C1981041 (6)

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a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); C) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including rivers under study for designation, and National Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional building, or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); f) The boundaries of any National Forest unless the required finding of compatibility has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of-way line of any public road except where mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)). The portion of the operation that lies within 100 feet of the I-70 Highway was in existence prior to August 3, 1977 and complies with Rule 2.07.6(2)(d). BLM has approved of operations within 100 feet of the portion of Haul Road 4 which is a public road providing access to BLM lands in Coal Canyon, and public notice of proposed operations within 100 feet of the road was included in the public notice for PR-02. h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). 5. On the basis of information submitted by the Colorado Historical Society, the Antiquities Research Division Historical Museum and Institute, and the Grand River Institute, a check of the National Historic Register for Cultural and Historic Sites, Antiquities Inventory, Cultural Resources Inventory Reports, and consultation with the Bureau of Land Management, the Division finds that, subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). Information regarding Cultural and Historic Resources may be found in Tab 5 of the permit application. Most recently, a letter of July 10, 2007, from the State Historic Preservation Officer, confirmed that no effects to any sites listed or eligible for listing would occur as a result of operations proposed in RN-5. 6. For this underground mining operation, private mineral estate has been severed from private surface estate. Because underground mining activities do not concurrently involve the surface mining of coal, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required (2.07.6(2)(f)). Permit Renewal No. 5 17 November 16, 2007