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In May of 1976 the State of Colorado enacted House Bill 1056, here- after referred to as the Mined Land Reclamation Act of 1976. Under this statute, all mining operations subject to the provisions of the Act operating within the boundaries of the State of Colorado are re- quired to submit to the regulatory office (Mined Land Reclamation) a mining permit application for one of the following designations de- scribing the mining operation: (1) Regular operation; (2) Limited Impact operation; (3) Prospecting operation. The application designa- tion is determined by the amount of surface acreage disturbed by the operation. The mining permit application, regardless of designation, is required to include a reclamation plan, addressing primarily the methods and materials to be employed to restore lands disturbed by mining and related activities to a state congruent with pre-existent or surrounding land use policies. On October 1, 1977, Standard Metals Corporation submitted to the Mined Land Reclamation Office a permit application for regular mining opera- tions under Rule 2 of the Mined Land Reclamation Act of 1976. On Janu- ary 25, 1978, Standard Metals' permit application for regular mining and milling operations at the Sunnyside Mine and Mayflower Mill was approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Continued compliance with the regulations of this permit requires that an annual report addressing the progress of the reclamation plan be submitted to the Mined Land Re- clamation Office on the anniversary date of each permit year, section 2.41 under Rule 2. The following report addresses that information re- quired by the annual report. -1-