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1� <br /> RECEIVED <br /> Iv�NK BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD Gs 1y6t <br /> DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br /> Colo,Oeot,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, <br /> C-84-088 , C-84-089, C-84-090, C-84-091, C-84-092 , <br /> C-84-093, C-84-094 , C-84-095, C-84-096, C-84-097, <br /> C-84-098, C-84-099, C-84-100, C-84-101, C-84-102 , <br /> C-84-103, C-84-104 , C-84-105, C-84-106 , C-84-135 , <br /> C-84-154 , and C-84-166. <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> The Mined Land Reclamation Division of the <br /> Colorado Department of Natural Resources ("the Division" , <br /> and Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. ( "Mid-Continent" ) , <br /> desiring mutually to settle all issues pending in appeals <br /> before the Mined Land Reclamation Board related to the above <br /> captioned Cessation Orders and Notices of Violation, including <br /> the questions of whether the subject violations occurred and <br /> the appropriateness of the assessed civil penalties, hereby <br /> stipulate and agree as follows: <br /> 1. Following timely filed Notices of Appeals and <br /> payment into escrow account of sums consistent with orders <br /> to pay fixed civil penalties by Mid-Continent, and pursuant <br /> to directives of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, <br /> the Division and Mid-Continent participated in public <br /> conferences on January 10, 15, 16 , 17 , 18 and 24 , 1985, con- <br /> cerning the subject Cessation Orders and Notices of Violations. <br /> These conferences were presided over by David Holm, a Division <br /> official who was not and is not directly involved in the <br /> inspection and enforcement component of the Coal Program. <br /> At the conclusion of these public conferences, this Division <br /> official -wxe-t-e his observations and recommendations concerning <br /> S ,�,, <br />