PERMFILE60002

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/10/2004
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.01 General Requirements
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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• S~L 2.01 PERMITS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Doc Date:1y1112001
2.01.1 SCOPE
This section establishes the minimum general requirements for permits
required for surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the
Colorado regulatory framework. The objectives of this section are to
ensure that all operators make timely application for permits, and that
all surface coal mining and reclamation operations are conducted only
under permits issued in accordance with requirements of the Colorado
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
2.01.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING OPERATIONS
The information contained within this application is designed to effect
compliance with Regulations of the approved Colorado program. Therefore,
the format of this application has been developed to follow Regulations
of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board far Coal Mining. As
required, EFCI has filed this application with the CMLRD to comply with
applicable provisions of Rules 2, 3, and 4.
2.01.3 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS FOR ALL SURFACE COAL MINING AND
RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Coal mining operations began at the Southfield Mine (previously Dorchester
No. 1) during 1918 under provisions of the 1976 Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Act. The mine operated from 1978 through March, 1985 under
state mining and reclamation permits approved by the CMLRD under
regulations and laws in effect at the time.
In 1981, Dorchester filed new permit applications, to bring the mine into
compliance with both the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 and the 1919 Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. The permit was
approved on July 30, 1984 and assigned Permit No. C-014-81. EFCI
• subsequently purchased the mine and continued operations under the
existing approved permit.
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