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BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br /> DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> CONSENT AGREEMENT AND ORDER <br /> IN THE MATTER OF SHOW CAUSE ORDER OF JULY 5 , 1985 ISSUED TO <br /> MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES , INC. <br /> Mid-Continent Resources , Inc . ("Mid-Continent") , the <br /> Mined Land Reclamation Division of the Colorado Department <br /> of Natural Resources ("the division") , and the Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board of the Colorado Department of Natural <br /> Resources ("the board") , in order to settle and resolve all <br /> issues related to the above-referenced matter, enter into <br /> the following consent agreement and order; <br /> RECITALS <br /> 1. Mid-Continent operates a series of underground coal <br /> mines , known as the Coal Basin Mines , in Pitkin County, Colorado . <br /> 2 . Mid-Continent holds mined land reclamation permit No . <br /> C-017-81, and is required to operate the Coal Basin Mines in <br /> compliance therewith, pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal <br /> Mining Reclamation Act , sections 34-33-101 through 137 , C .R.S . <br /> (1984) . <br /> 3 .' On June 11 , 1985 the division determined that four <br /> patterns of violations existed at the Coal Basin ?Tines . The <br /> division' s pattern of violations determination is attached <br /> hereto as exhibit A. <br /> 4. Pursuant to section 34-33-123 (7) , C.R.S . (1984) , on <br /> July 5 , 1985 the division issued to Mid-Continent an order to <br /> show cause why permit should not be suspended or revoked ("the <br /> show cause order") , wherein the division stated that it had found <br /> that the violations constituting the patterns of violations <br /> referred to in paragraph 3 had been caused by the unwarranted <br /> failure of Mid-Continent to comply with the requirements of <br /> permit No. C-017-81 , the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br /> Act , and the "Regulations for Coal Mining , " 2 CCR 407-2 . <br /> A copy of the show cause order is attached hereto as exhibit <br /> B. <br />