2013-02-01_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

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Tntrnrinctinn This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division) for the Roadside North and South Portal Mines, Permit Renewal No.6 (RN -6). This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division has received an application for a successive five year renewal of Permit No. C- 1981 -04Ito conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Roadside North and South Portal Mines. The application was submitted by Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. (SCC), the operator and permittee. The mines are located on federal, state, and private lands within Mesa County, Colorado, and the legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: Township 10 South, Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: All or portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35. Township 11 South, Range 97 West, 6th Principal Meridian: Section 7. Township 11 South, Range 98 West, 6th Principal Meridian: Sections 1, 12, and 13, and portions of Sections 2 and 11. This findings document updates and replaces the previous findings document, associated with Permit Revision No.5, dated July 10, 2012. Certain details specific to that revision and information regarding historical permitting actions addressed in that document have been omitted from this document, and the reader is referred to the previous findings if additional detail is desired.