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Cessation Order No.: CO- 2013 -001 <br />Nature of Condition, Practice, or Violation: <br />Failure to abate NOV CV- 2012 -009, parts A) and B), on or before December 3, 2012. <br />A) Bear Coal Company, Inc., failed to obtain a valid permit as required by 34 -33 -101 et seq, the "Colorado <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act," the applicable regulations, and its Permit though it is under an ongoing <br />obligation to complete reclamation of the mine site. Bear Coal Company, Inc. was previously issued <br />Permit No. C- 1981 -033, which expired on July 19, 2012 and reclamation has not been completed. <br />B) Bear Coal Company, Inc., failed to complete reclamation in compliance with the terms of its Permit, the <br />Act, and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Bear Coal <br />Company, Inc., has not: completed final ditch and pond reclamation; established a diverse, effective and <br />permanent vegetative cover; or assumed responsibility for successful revegetation. <br />Act or Permit Provision(s) Violated: <br />ACT SECTION(S): <br />A) 34 -33- 109(1) <br />B) 34- 33- 120(2)0)(III), 34 -33- 120(2) (s) and (t) <br />REGULATION SECTION(S): <br />A) Rule 2.01.3(1) <br />B) Rules 4.05.2(2), 4.15.7(5), 4.15.8 and 4.15. 10 (1) <br />PERMIT SECTION(S): <br />A) C(1) and (9) <br />B) C(1), (8), and (9) <br />PORTION OF THE OPERATION TO WHICH THIS NOTICE APPLIES: <br />This Cessation Order applies to the entire permit boundary. <br />Findings - (Check the appropriate blank): <br />The condition, practice, or violation is creating an imminent danger to the health or safety of the <br />publ i c. <br />The condition, practice or violation is causing or can reasonably be expected to cause significant <br />imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources. <br />X The Permittee or Operator has failed to abate violation(s) A) and B) included in Notice of Violation <br />No. CV- 2012 -009 within thetimefor abatement originally fixed or subsequently extended. <br />Operation(s) to be Ceased Immediately: <br />All surface coal mining and reclamation activities at the Bear No. 3 Mine. <br />