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cozZ°,p90 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
D Monte Pascoe,Executive Director
. . ��. ° MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
* . * DAVID C.SHELTON,Director
Richard D Lamm
Governor
Procedures for Coal Exploration Approval
July 19, 1982
Applicable Law: Colorado Surface Coal Mining Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 at seq.
A2plicaple Rules: Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board
for Goal Mining
Rule 2.02 - Notice and Application Requirements
Rule 3.05 - Bonding Requirements
Rule 4.07 - Sealing of urill Holes
Rule 4.21 - Coal Exploration Performance Standards
Rule -0 .01 - Inspection and Enforcement
Who Must Apply: All persons (a) gathering surface or subsurface geologic,
Physical, or chemical data in the field to determine the quality or quantity
of coal or overburden in the area, or (b) causing the disturbance of the
natural land surface in the gathering of pre-mining environmental data. This
applies to drilling programs, opening coal test pits, taking soil or
overburden samples, water or vegetative sampling that would disturb the land,
etc. This does not apply to activities conducted within an approved coal
mining permit area. The extraction of coal in any quantity must not be for
commerical sale, otherwise a mining and reclamation permit would need to be
obtained (Rule 4.21 .5 ) .
How to Apply: Applicants planning activities for the extraction of less than
or equal to 6 0 tons of coal must file a Notice of Intent to Conduct Coal
Exploration ("Notice") . Applicants planning activities for the extraction of
greater than 250 tons of coal are required to file an Application for a Permit
("Permit Application") to conduct coal exploration.
Notice of Intent Contents: Notice requirements are listed in Rule 2.02.2(2) .
There are eight informational requirements. The Division has Notice forms
available. However, the operator has the option of using any format he
desires. The degree of detail required depends on the type of project and
amount of disturbance anticipated.
Notice Review Procedures: The Division must review the Notice within 2 weeks
of receipt. Three determinations are made by the Division: 1) whether the
Notice is complete, 2) whether the project qualifies as coal exploration or
coal mining, and 3) whether the project will "substantially disturb" the
natural land surface. The operator is notified in writing of the above 3
determinations within the above-mentioned 2 weeks.
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