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BEFORE THE MINED- LAND RECLAMATION BOAR O <br /> DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> IN THE MATTER OF APPEALS OF <br /> CESSATION ORDERS NOS. C-84-082, C-84-083, C-84-084 <br /> and C-84-134 <br /> AND <br /> NOTICES OF VIOLATION NOS. C-84-085, C-84-086, C-84-087, C-84-088, <br /> C-84-089, C-84-090, C-84-091 , C-84-092, C-84-093, C-84-094, <br /> C-84-095, C-84-096, C-84-097, C-84-098, C-84-099, C-84-100, <br /> C-84-101 , C-84-102, C-84-103, C-84-104, C-84-105, C-84-106, <br /> C-84-135, C-84-154, and C-84-166. <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> The Mined Land Reclamation Division ("the Division"), and Mid-Continent <br /> Resources, Inc. ("Mid-Continent") , desiring mutually to settle all issues <br /> pending in appeals before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ( "the Board") <br /> related to the above captioned Cessation Orders and Notices of Violation, <br /> including the questions of whether the subject violations occurred and the <br /> appropriateness of the assessed civil penalties, hereby stipulate and agree as <br /> follows: <br /> 1 . Following timely filed Notices of Appeals and payment into escrow <br /> account of sums consistent with orders to pay fixed civil penalties by <br /> Mid-Continent, and pursuant to directives of the Board, the Division and <br /> Mid-Continent participated in public conferences on January 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 <br /> and 24, 1985, concerning the subject Cessation Orders and Notices of <br /> Violation. These conferences were presided over by a Division official , on <br /> behalf of the Director of the Division ("the Director"), who was not and is <br /> not directly involved in the inspection and enforcement component of the Coal <br /> Program. At the conclusion of these public conferences, this Division <br /> official delivered his observations and recommendations concerning the subject <br /> enforcement cases to the Director. <br /> a <br />