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INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining <br />and Safety (the Division) for the McClane Canyon Mine Permit Renewal No. 7 (RN-07). This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve, with stipulations, the permit renewal <br />application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a <br />description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and <br />reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings <br />of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for <br />Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a successive five year renewal of Permit No. C-1980- <br />004 to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the McClane Canyon Mine. The <br />application was submitted by McClane Canyon Mining, LLC, and the mine will be operated by <br />McClane Canyon Mining, LLC. The mine is located on federal and private lands within Garfield <br />County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />The following portions of Township 7 South, Range 102 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian: <br />Section 15 - ALL <br />Section 16 - E 1 /2 <br />Section 21 - El/2, E1/2 W1/2, SW1/4 NW1/4, NW1/4 SW1/4 <br />Section 22 - ALL <br />Section 27 - N1/2 <br />Section 28 - NW1/4 NE1/4 & NEI/4 NWIA <br />The location of these sections is contained within U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Howard <br />Canyon and Garvey Canyon Quadrangle maps.