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INTRODUCTION The Yule Quarry is not only a dimensional stone quarry. It has a unique and colorful place in Colorado History. The white marble was discovered in the 1880's and soon became known as one of the finest white marbles in the world. It was selected for the exterior of the Lincoln Memorial in 1916 and the Tomb of the Unknowns in 1936. The quarry closed in 1941 and remained a tourist destination until 1990, when it was re-opened by the new Colorado Yule Marble Company (CYMC). During the 1940's through 2007 the hike to the quarry had been a special experience for thousands of tourists each summer. The hike included a walk through a narrow gulch where Yule Creek cascades across brilliant white marble. The trail concluded at the entries to the Yule Quarry where the visitor could look down into the massive underground rooms excavated by early-20th-century miners. CYMC failed in early 1999 and Sierra Minerals re-opened the quarry under new management and under a new permit (M-1999-058) issued with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (now Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety) effective on August 20, 1999. On April 26, 2004, Sierra Minerals sold its interest to Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc., which is the current operator. The property of the permit area is entirely on patented claims and property owned by OMYA, Inc. As of March 2010, the 110 permit area consisted of 6.72 acres at the mine and 0.30 acres at the loadout site in the town of Marble. The current reclamation bond is $40,000. The April 2010 Amendment addresses changes to the permit area at both the mine and the load out area, as well as significant changes to the sediment control system. The permit area proposed in this Amendment consists of 8.98 acres at the mine area and 0.92 acres at the load out, for a new total of 9.90 acres The increase in the load out area was needed to accommodate storage of unsold marble there. Yule Quarry April 10