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COAL BASIN MINE PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES , INC . <br /> CARBONDALE, COLORADO <br /> CHAPTER VI <br /> POSTMINING LAND USE <br /> Preface <br /> The postmining land use plan, as outlined in this <br /> chapter , is based on the belief by Mid-Continent that a <br /> portion of the disturbed area should be restored to a higher <br /> or better use than the premining uses of wildlife, grazing <br /> and light recreation. That higher or better use is a ski <br /> area along the southern (northern facing) portion of Coal <br /> Basin. <br /> Since specific and feasible plans cannot be submitted <br /> to the Division at this time showing that financing , attain- <br /> ment and maintenance of the ski area concept will be feasible <br /> some 40 years in the future, this recreational concept <br /> becomes an alternative use concept that must await approval <br /> toward the end of the 40 year mining program. <br /> Consequently, the primary postmining land uses will be <br /> assumed to be the same as the premining uses , and the reclama- <br /> tion plan (and bonding) have been revised accordingly . <br /> Wherever the ski recreation area plan is mentioned throughout <br /> this chapter , it must be understood that it is an alternative <br /> to the premining uses that , hopefully, will be approved <br /> toward the end of the mining program. <br /> iii (Chap . VI) <br />