_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(281)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
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• Doc Name: Permit Legal Documents
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koeD:LINED LAND RECLAIMATION B
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 723 Telephone: [phone]
Denver, Colorado 80203
DEVELOPMENT AND EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT
THIS PERMIT is issued this 20th day of February 1980 by the :lined Land
Reclamation Board, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado.
W I T `1 E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Mid-Continent Resources desires to conduct a(n) underground mining
mined coal and
operation, known as Coal Basil Mines for the purpose of extracting underground
VHEREAS, on October 21 19 77 , Mid-Continent Resources "FILED" an
application,a reclamation plan and map, and the required fee, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on January 26 , 19 78, the :fined Land Reclamation Board approved
Mid-Continent Resources application and set bond; and
WHEREAS, on February 20 , 1980 , the Mined Land Reclamation Board accepted
surety submitted by Mid-Continent Resources and such date shall be considered the
date of issuance of the permit and the anniversary date for all other purposes ; and
WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has made a finding, for the purposes
of issuing this permit, that:
1) the, application complies with the requirements of the Colorado
`dined Land Reclamation Act and all applicable local, state and
Federal laws; and,
2) the operation will not adversely affect the stability of any
significant, valuable, and permanent man-made structures located
within two hundred feet of the affected land, except where there
is an agreement between the operator and the persons having an
interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to be
compensated for by the operator; and,
3) the proposed mining operations and reclamation can be carried out
in conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-116, as
amended (1976 Sess. Laws H.B. 1065) ; and
`WHEREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, the operator has made a
satisfactory showing to the Board that he will employ during and after his
Underground mining operations procedures reasonably designed to minimize
as much as practicable the disruption from the Underground mining operations
and will provide for the rehabilitation of the affected land through the rehabilitation
of -;)I'ant cover, soil stability, water resources, and other measures appropriate to the
subsequent beneficial^ use of such mined and reclaimed lands; and that in the event
of the failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will take whatever measures which
may be necessary in order to assure the success of reclamation of th_ lands affected
by his Underground mining operations; and,
WHEREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, a copy of the application
approved by the dined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado is attached
to this permit and thereby becomes a part of the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority set forth in the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation act, Article 32 of Title 34 , C.R.S. 1973, as amended, (1976
Sess. Laws H.B. 1065) the dined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado
hereby issues a life of the mine permit to Mid-Continent Resources
in Underground ,Co engage
9 mining for the purpose of extracting Underground
mined Coal on the following parcel of ground, to wit:
See attached exhibit A