_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(281)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
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°° STATE OF COLORADO
*erg Roy Romer, Governor
1876 V
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES '
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
FRED R. BANTA, Director
MINING PERMIT - COAL _
Permit Date May 31 , 1988 Permit No. C-81 -017
Permit Expiration Date May 30, 1993
THIS PERMIT is issued by the Mined Land Reclamation Division, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Colorado.
RECITALS
I. Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. ("operator") desires to conduct a mining
operation known as Coal Basin Mines for the purpose of extracting coal .
II. On December 5, 1988, the Mined Land Reclamation Division ( "the
Division" ) approved the operator's application for this permit, fixed the
amount of bond and directed that this permit be issued upon the filing with
the Division of bond in the amount so fixed in form and substance approved by
the Division, and such bond has been so furnished.
III. On May 31 , 1988, the Division made the following findings:
(a) The permit application is accurate and contains all information
required under C.R.S. , 34-33-101 et seq. and regulations promulgated
thereunder and that all the requirements of Article 33 of Title 34, C.R.S.
("such article") for the issue of a permit have been complied with;
(b) The applicant has demonstrated that reclamation as required by such
article can be accomplished under the reclamation plan contained in the permit
application;
(c) The assessment of the probable cumulative impact of all anticipated
mining in the area on the hydrologic balance specified in Section
34-33-110(2) (1 ) has been made by the Division and the proposed operation
thereof has been designed to prevent material damage to the hydrologic balance
outside the permit area;
(d) Granting the permit will not conflict with any designation decision
issued pursuant to Section 522 of the Federal "Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977", as amended, (P.L. 95-87), nor is the area proposed
to be mined within an area under study for unsuitability designation in an
administrative proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 34-33-126 or
Section 522 of said P.L. 95-87.
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