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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) for the Roadside North and South Portal Mines (Permit No. C -81 -041), Permit Revision No. 5 <br />(PR -5). This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a <br />summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment <br />affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations at the Roadside North and South Portal Mines. The application was submitted by Snowcap Coal <br />Company, Inc. (SCC), the operator and permittee. The mines are located on federal, state, and private lands <br />within Mesa County, Colorado, and the legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />Township 10 South, Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: All or portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, <br />and 35. <br />Township 11 South, Range 97 West, 6th Principal Meridian: Section 7. <br />Township 11 South, Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: Sections 1, 12, and 13, and portions of <br />Sections 2 and 11. <br />This findings document updates and replaces the previous findings document, associated with Permit Revision <br />No.4, dated February 3, 2009. Certain details specific to that revision and information regarding historical <br />permitting actions addressed in that document have been omitted from this document, and the reader is referred <br />to the previous findings if additional detail is desired. <br />Permit Revision No. 5 1 July 10, 2012 <br />