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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining <br />and Safety (the Division) for the Munger Canyon Mine Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN -6). This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit renewal application; 2) a <br />summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be <br />found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />The Division has received an application for a successive five year renewal of Permit No. C -1981- <br />020 to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Munger Canyon Mine. The <br />application was submitted by CAM Mining LLC (CAM), the operator and permittee. The mine is <br />located on private and federal lands within Garfield County, Colorado. A reclaimed rail loadout <br />facility near Loma, in Mesa County, Colorado is also included as a part of the Munger Canyon Mine <br />permit. A summarized legal description of the lands included within the permit area is provided <br />below. A more detailed legal description is included on appendix pages A -5 and A -6 of the permit <br />application package. <br />Mine Area, Garfield County <br />Township 7 South, Range 102 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 27: <br />S /2, S /2N/2 <br />Section 28: <br />S /2, E /2NE /4, SW /4NE /4, SE /4NW /4, LOTS 1 -5 <br />Section 29: <br />Portions of lots 11 -13 (BLM Right of Way) <br />Section 29: <br />A strip of land 60.00 feet in width, 30.00 feet each side of a described centerline (Private <br />Land Lease). Refer to permit application package for centerline description. <br />Loma Loadout, Mesa County <br />An irregularly shaped tract of land located in portions of Section 34, T2N, R3W, and portions of <br />Section 3, T1N, R3W, both of the Ute Meridian. Refer to permit application for detailed tract <br />description. <br />1 <br />