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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining, and Safety (Division) for the Southfield Mine. This document includes: <br />1) the proposed decision to approve the permit renewal application; <br />2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a <br />description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division received an application for a permit renewal to conduct coal mining and <br />reclamation activities at the Southfield Mine. The application was submitted by Energy <br />Fuels Coal, Inc. The Southfield Mine will be operated by Energy Fuels Coal, Inc. The <br />mine is located on private lands within Fremont County, Colorado. The legal <br />description of the lands within the permit area is: <br />Southfield Mine area: <br />T20S R69W Sections 19, 30, and 31 <br />T20S R70W Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26 <br />Southfield Loadout area: <br />T19S R69W Sections 17 and 18 <br />Proposed Decision <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety proposes to approve an application for <br />renewal of a valid existing permit. <br />The application was submitted by Energy Fuels Coal, Inc. for the Southfield Mine. This <br />decision is based on a finding that the operations will comply with all requirements of <br />the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. If <br />no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty days of the first publication of the <br />issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes final. The permit <br />application, all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions will become <br />a binding part of the permit. <br />Page 2 of 36