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<br />AIIiIED LAUD RECL.v.`L\TIO\ BCA.
<br />Departmen[ of Natural F.esources
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<br />13]3 Sherntan Street, From 723 Telephone: 839-3567
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />DEGELOP?[F.^I1' AND EaTP,ACTION PfIiJIiJG PER?lIT
<br />1'NIS PERi4IT is issued [his 15th dad of February, 1979 by the Mined Land
<br />:aclama[ion Board, Department of Natural Resources, State of Calorado.
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<br />t;:'~I}'Rpp,S, Pioneer Uravan, Inc.
<br />~pcration, ~,no~.Jn as The Ellison Mine
<br />.: ~:ul uranium-v~na- and
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<br />«esit'es Co an,dcct a(nj underground mining
<br />for the puruose o[ e:<tracting underground
<br />4lHEREdS, o^ November 27 197$ Pioneer Uravan, Inc. "FILED" an
<br />t~plication,a reclamation plan and atap, 2nd the required fee, as required by lay:, and
<br />hdiERL:\S, oa December 21 1978 the 'lined Land Reclamation Y,oard approved
<br />The Pioneer Uravan, Inc. application :znd set b,~nd; and
<br />'.:!!i`. P.E!.S, ,.m February 15 197cj the mined Land Reclamation Eoard ;ccr_oted
<br />.,.rat': submitted by' Pioneer Uravan, Inc. and such date shall be cor,s'_dered the
<br />,,:[z u' issuance of the rermi[ and the anniversarc date Cor a7.1 other purposes; and
<br />'.JHERF.:\5, the 'lined Land Reclamati-on Eoard has made a finding, icr the purposes
<br />is:niin~ this pz:~mi[, chat
<br />1) the applicatiu^, co;WpLles with the requirements of the Culuraso
<br />.,~n~« L;tnd Reclamation Act and .311 applicable local, state and
<br />'=) th<~ operation '.:ill nut ad v.•rsely s.`: tot r_te st.:h ility of au,'
<br />sic,niiic.~:nt, valusble, ..r.d oermc,cant man-vale structures loca[ed
<br />within _c.o hcndted feet of the affected land, e>:cept .:here there
<br />i:; .,n agreec:ent bet,Jeen the operator and the persons having an
<br />in[erest i.n the structure that d,.maQe to the structure is to be
<br />cucipcnsated fr~r by [h.. up,_rator; anJ,
<br />;) the prupuszd ..._..±r operations and reclamation can be curri~.l out
<br />in confor:Wance ~.Jith tha rzeuiren:zn[s- of C.R.S. 1973, 34--32-115, as
<br />amended (1976 Secs. Lac.~s !{. B. 1065); and
<br />lJlli:!:E:\i, Cor the pnrpos~:s oC issu inh this pe rni C, the ope r: for has mode a
<br />..~i~:factc„ citow:,t,; to _.a• Board tita[ he wit] ~~mu!oy during and af[er his
<br />undo ry round minion operations procedures re sonably les iined to mini:Wize
<br />as ;Hoch as practicable the disruption from the underground :Wining op?rations
<br />and wi'_1 provide for tha rehabilitation of thz affected land throe};h the rehabilitation
<br />.~ plum cov,x, soil scabilitq, water resources, and other measures appropria[e to the
<br />a.ubsequci:t ~~~enetici.-.i use of such mined anJ reClaimrrl lands; at:d [hat in the event
<br />of [he failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will takz whatever measures which
<br />ray be neczssar. in order to assure the success cf reclamati.en of the lands aEfectad
<br />by i-pis wtckrground mining; operations; and,
<br />I:HGRI'..\5, for thz purposes oC issuing [iris permit, a copy of the application
<br />,,np roved b7 Cite P1i::ed Land Ric lamatien heard of rite State of Colorado is attached
<br />to this permit ~s~.d therebe becumn_s ~ par[ of the terms hereof.
<br />XiIS!, 1'fiER1iPCRE, pursuant to the authority set to~-'.:h in the Calorado dined
<br />:.and itzcl::matiuu .\ct e,rticle 32 of 1'itL: 34, C.R.S. 1973 as amended, (1975
<br />Sass. La~..s 11.3. 1065) the '.-lined Land Reclamation Eoarci of the State of Culocado
<br />;terebv issues n life of the mine Hermit [o Pioneer Uravan, Inc. [a engage
<br />in Undef"glOUnd :alma" •`cr the purpose of e::tracti.ng underground
<br />mined uranium-vanadium on the following parce~ of ground, to ~.:i[:
<br />A portion of the NC,', of the SE;, and a portion of the SE;, of [he SE} of Sec[ion 30,
<br />Township 44 North, Range 18 Lles[, NMPM, San Mlguel County, Colorado
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