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CO Code § 34-33-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-130. Data Inventory

  The board is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with and seek assistance from state, county, and federal agencies and universities and research institutions in this state and to work in close cooperation with local planning units in order to establish a database and an inventory system, drawing upon existing resources where possible, which will:   Provide proper evaluation of the capacity of different land areas of the state to be reclaimed following surface coal mining operations;    Be available to those making land use planning decisions concerning surface coal mining operations;    Provide objective and scientific evaluation of fragile, historic, natural hazard, and renewable resource lands and lands listed in the Colorado natural areas registry or designated under the Colorado natural areas program.       The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations which it deems necessary to establish such a database and inventory system, and, in so doing, the board shall take into consideration those criteria and definitions which other federal and state agencies have adopted for use in determining lands unsuitable for mining.      The board may, at its discretion, appoint an advisory committee to assist it in establishing a database and inventory system for surface coal mining operations. Such committee, if appointed, shall consist of experts in the areas of wildlife, plant ecology, natural areas, historic areas, reclamation, agriculture, coal geology, and land management planning and other areas as deemed necessary by the board.       Repealed.       The board is further authorized and directed to accept and seek grants and financial aid from the federal government and from private agencies for carrying out the purposes of this section.      History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1301, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: (3) amended, p. 424, § 55, effective March 26. L. 88: (3)(b) amended, p. 318, § 15, effective April 14. L. 90: (3)(b) and (3)(c) repealed, p. 334, § 24, effective April 3.
CO Code § 34-33-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-131. Informal Opinion as to Alluvial Valley Floors

 Any person who proposes to engage in surface coal mining operations may, prior to making an application for a permit under this article, request that the board give an informal opinion on whether or not the area of land to be affected by such proposed operations is in, or adjacent to, an alluvial valley floor. Any such informal opinion shall be based upon sound scientific data, shall be in writing, and shall be advisory in nature.   History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1301, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 34-33-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-132. Special Coordination and Review Process - Site-Specific Agreements

  The department and any person contemplating opening a surface coal mining operation in this state may, at their discretion, enter into one or more site-specific agreements to identify and coordinate local, state, and federal government jurisdiction and review of land use planning, environmental analysis, and socioeconomic evaluation, to establish coordinating procedures for required action, and to ensure that such procedures be undertaken in a timely, sequential manner. Any such agreements shall be consistent with the provisions of this article.    Such site-specific agreements may include:   The schedule for completion of data collection required for environmental, technical, and policy review; and    The schedule for completion of evaluation, review, and comments by all parties.       Such agreements may list all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances of this state and its agencies, the federal government and its agencies, and of the county or counties in which the proposed operation will be situated. The department may, with the advice and concurrence of the board, develop rules and regulations to ensure relative uniformity in such agreements.     History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1301, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 34-33-133 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-133. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Plan

  The office of active and inactive mines is authorized and directed to develop, in accordance with the provision of Title IV of the federal “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an abandoned mine reclamation program which may provide for, but need not be limited to, the following:   Protection of public health, safety, general welfare, and property from the dangers and adverse effects of past mining practices;    Acquisition, reclamation, and restoration of land and water resources previously degraded by the adverse effects of mining, including measures for the conservation and development of soil, water, woodland, fish and wildlife, recreation and tourism resources, and agricultural productivity;    The protection, repair, replacement, construction, or enhancement of public facilities in communities affected by coal or other energy development.       The office of active and inactive mines is authorized and directed to:   Apply for, receive, and expend grant moneys or other funds for the development, administration, and fulfillment of the requirements of an abandoned mine reclamation program;    Apply for, receive, and expend such funds legally available to Colorado from the abandoned mine reclamation fund established by Title IV of the federal “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, as amended;    Invite public inspection of, comment on, and involvement in the formulation of the abandoned mine reclamation program;    Submit the abandoned mine reclamation program, after public review, to the secretary for approval and funding;    Amend the approved abandoned mine reclamation program from time to time, after public review of the proposed amendments, as may be necessary or desirable.        History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1302, § 1, effective July 1. L. 92: (2)(a) amended, p. 1896, § 6, effective May 29; entire section amended, p. 1968, § 70, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For the “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, see 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.
CO Code § 34-33-133.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-133.5. Colorado Mine Subsidence Protection Program - Rules

  The board is authorized and directed to issue rules and regulations to develop a Colorado mine subsidence protection program, which shall provide protection for owners of private residential structures against damages caused by land subsidence from underground coal mines. The program shall be operated in accordance with the provisions of Title IV of the federal “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. The board may assess and expend fees collected from participants who are insured under the program, and expend interest earned on such fees as necessary to defray administrative costs of the program. In its discretion, the board may delegate such power and responsibility, by rule-making, to the division.    Creation of trust. The Colorado coal mine subsidence trust is hereby created as part of the board. Trust funds shall be held in custody by the state treasurer in a fund to be known as the Colorado coal mine subsidence trust fund, which fund is hereby created. Moneys granted to the state by the federal government for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of this section, together with all interest earned, shall be credited to such trust fund. The state treasurer shall invest trust assets in lawful investments. The trust funds shall be available to the board to carry out the purposes of the Colorado mine subsidence protection program established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1896, § 7, effective May 29.    Cross references:   For the “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, see 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.
CO Code § 34-33-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-134. Experimental Practices

 In order to encourage advances in coal mining and reclamation practices and to allow postmining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, or public use, including recreational facilities, the board, with the approval of the secretary, may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection performance standards promulgated under sections 34-33-120 and 34-33-121 . Such departures may be authorized if: The experimental practices are potentially more or at least as environmentally protective, during and after coal mining operations, as those required by promulgated standards; the coal mining operations approved for particular land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices; and the experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded the public health and safety below that provided by promulgated standards.   History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1302, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 34-33-136 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-136. Water Rights

 Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect or impair the rights and obligations attendant upon the ownership of water rights under Colorado water law.   History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1304, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 34-33-137 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 33 - Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act|§ 34-33-137. Reservation Clause

 Passage of this article shall not be deemed to be an admission by the state of Colorado as to the legality or constitutionality of the federal “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, as amended, and shall not be construed to limit, waive, or otherwise affect the right of the state of Colorado, or its agencies, from contesting the constitutional or statutory validity of any part, section, provision, requirement, or regulation promulgated under such act, pursuant to which this article has been enacted.   History. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1304, § 1, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For the “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, see 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.
CO Code § 34-34-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 34 - Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program|§ 34-34-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Abandoned”, with regard to mining operations, means lands that were subject to mining operations for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under state or federal laws and that have been abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status prior to:   For coal mining operations, August 3, 1977, the date of enactment of the federal “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”;    For hard rock mining operations, July 1, 1976, the date of enactment of the “Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act”, article 32 of this title.       “Board” means the mined land reclamation board established by section 34-32-105.    “Division” means the division of reclamation, mining, and safety or such agency as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of such division.    “Hard rock” means an inanimate constituent of the earth in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state that, when extracted from the earth, is useable in its natural form or is capable of conversion into a useable form as a metal, a metallic compound, a chemical, an energy source, or a raw material. For the purposes of this article, “hard rock” does not include coal, surface or subsurface water, geothermal resources, or natural oil and gas together with other chemicals recovered therewith, but does include oil shale.    “Mineral” means hard rock and coal.    “Mining operations” means the development or extraction of a mineral from its natural occurrences on affected land. The term includes, but is not limited to, open mining and surface operation and the disposal of refuse from surface, underground, and in situ mining. The term includes the following operations on affected lands: Transportation, concentrating, milling, evaporation, and other processing. The term does not include: The exploration and extraction of natural petroleum in a liquid or gaseous state by means of wells or pipe; the extraction of geothermal resources; or smelting, refining, cleaning, preparation, transportation, and other off-site operations not conducted on affected land.    “Pre-law” means that no permit was issued pursuant to article 32, 32.5, or 33 of this title for a mining operation and no bond or other financial assurance covering the reclamation of the land affected by such mining operation exists.     History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 690, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 218, § 15, effective August 7.    Cross references:   For the “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977”, see 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.
CO Code § 34-34-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 34 - Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program|§ 34-34-102. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund - Project Expenditures - Repeal of Article

  The abandoned mine reclamation fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money received pursuant to section 34-33-133 (2)(a), money transferred prior to July 1, 2020, from the severance tax operational fund pursuant to section (1)(c), and interest earned on the investment of such money. Revenues in the fund shall not revert to the general fund. The fund shall be expended only for the purposes specified in this section. Appropriations from the fund shall be available for three successive state fiscal years. The state treasurer shall transfer any money in the fund on June 30, 2023, to the severance tax operational fund created in section 39-29-109.3.    The division shall annually submit to the board a list of projects eligible to be reclaimed or safeguarded through expenditures from the fund. Project eligibility and selection shall be determined in accordance with current procedures applicable to the abandoned mine reclamation program established pursuant to section 34-33-133 and the following requirements:   The board shall approve the expenditure of revenues from the fund for the purpose specified in this section after review by the board of county commissioners for the county in which the project is located; and    The project shall be located where pre-law mining operations have occurred, the mining operations have been abandoned, and there is a high risk to the environment or public safety.       This article 34 is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.     History. Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 691, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1872, § 10, effective June 2. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 790, § 97, effective June 6. L. 2020: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 20-1372), ch. 166, p. 765, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 34-42-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 42 - Mining District Laws|§ 34-42-101. Mining District Records - Filed

 A copy of all the records, laws, and proceedings of each mining district, insofar as they relate to lode claims, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the district is situated, within the boundaries of the mining district attached to the same, which shall be taken as evidence in any court having jurisdiction in the matters contained in such record or proceeding. All such records of deeds and conveyances, laws, and proceedings of any mining district filed in the county clerk and recorder's office of the proper county prior to November 7, 1861, and transcripts thereof duly certified, whether such records relate to gulch claims, lode claims, building lots, or other real estate, shall have the like effect as evidence.   History. Source: R.S. P. 466, § 11. G.L. § 1807. G.S. § 2396. R.S. 08: § 4258. C.L. § 3382. CSA: C. 110, § 274. CRS 53: § 92-21-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-1. History. Source: R.S. P. 466, § 11. G.L. § 1807. G.S. § 2396. R.S. 08: § 4258. C.L. § 3382. CSA: C. 110, § 274. CRS 53: § 92-21-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-1.
CO Code § 34-42-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 42 - Mining District Laws|§ 34-42-102. Proof of Customs and Regulations Admitted

 In actions regarding mining claims, proof shall be admitted of the customs, usages, and regulations established and in force in the mining districts embracing such claims; and such customs, usages, and regulations, when not in conflict with the laws of this state or of the United States, shall govern the decision in the action.   History. Source: L. 1887: P. 198, § 363. Code 08: § 397. Code 21: § 398. Code 35: § 398. CRS 53: § 92-21-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-2. History. Source: L. 1887: P. 198, § 363. Code 08: § 397. Code 21: § 398. Code 35: § 398. CRS 53: § 92-21-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-2.
CO Code § 34-42-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 42 - Mining District Laws|§ 34-42-103. Jury May View Mining Premises

 In all suits, actions, and proceedings brought in any court of this state involving title to, the right of possession of, or the mineral contained in any mine or mining claims, it is the duty of the court, at the trial of such suit, and upon the application of either party interested therein, to send the jury impaneled in the case, in a body, to view and inspect the premises. Each party to the suit shall have the privilege of nominating one person, to be approved by the court, to attend with the jury in their view and investigation of the premises in controversy, and such persons so selected and appointed by the court shall be authorized to act as guides to the jury, and to point out such features in the premises as it is desirable that the jury should see and answer all questions propounded by the jury; but such persons so selected shall not be at liberty to argue or discuss any questions involved in the case either with the jury or with each other in the presence of the jury; and if such persons violate the above provision, the court has the power to punish anyone so offending for contempt of court by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days in the county jail.   History. Source: L. 1893: P. 78, § 1. Code 08: § 206. Code 21: § 207. Code 35: § 207. CRS 53: § 92-21-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-3. History. Source: L. 1893: P. 78, § 1. Code 08: § 206. Code 21: § 207. Code 35: § 207. CRS 53: § 92-21-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-3.    Cross references:   For civil contempt, see C.R.C.P. 107.
CO Code § 34-42-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 42 - Mining District Laws|§ 34-42-104. Expenses

 The expenses incurred in sending the jury to investigate mining premises, as provided in section 34-42-103 , shall be paid by the parties to the suit in equal proportions, unless the demand for such investigation is made by one party and objected to by the other, in which case the court may apportion such expenses as may seem just and equitable in the particular case.   History. Source: L. 1893: P. 78, § 2. Code 08: § 207. Code 21: § 208. Code 35: § 208. CRS 53: § 92-21-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-4. History. Source: L. 1893: P. 78, § 2. Code 08: § 207. Code 21: § 208. Code 35: § 208. CRS 53: § 92-21-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-21-4.
CO Code § 34-43-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 43 - Claims - How Located|§ 34-43-101. Length of Lode Claim

 The length of any lode claim located after June 1, 1874, may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein.   History. Source: L. 1874: P. 185, § 1. G.L. § 1811. G.S. § 2397. R.S. 08: § 4192. C.L. § 3278. CSA: C. 110, § 168. CRS 53: § 92-22-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-1. History. Source: L. 1874: P. 185, § 1. G.L. § 1811. G.S. § 2397. R.S. 08: § 4192. C.L. § 3278. CSA: C. 110, § 168. CRS 53: § 92-22-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-1.    ANNOTATION   This section does not confine discovery shaft to any specific point along strike, hence the end lines need not be equidistant from the shaft. Taylor v. Parenteau, 23 Colo. 368 , 48 P. 505 (1897); Enter. Mining Co. v. Rico-Aspen Consol. Mining Co., 66 F. 200 (8th Cir. 1895), aff'd, 167 U.S. 108, 17 S. Ct. 762, 42 L. Ed. 96 (1897).   Valid location carries with it possessory right, coupled with the right to explore and work the property under existing laws and regulations. Schwarz v. Ulmer, 149 Colo. 601 , 370 P.2d 889 (1962).   This article is so-called “Map Law”. Schwarz v. Ulmer, 149 Colo. 601 , 370 P.2d 889 (1962).   Applied in Ellet v. Campbell, 18 Colo. 510 , 33 P. 521 (1893).
CO Code § 34-43-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 43 - Claims - How Located|§ 34-43-102. Width of Lode Claim

 The width of all lode claims located after April 13, 1923, may equal but not exceed three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein or crevice, and the owners of any lode claims located before April 13, 1923, and having a lesser width, who are desirous of securing the benefit of this section, may file an additional certificate claiming such additional width as provided in this section, if the additional certificate does not interfere with the existing rights of others at the time of filing of the same. No such additional certificate or other record thereof shall preclude the claimants from proving such titles as they may have held under previous location.   History. Source: L. 1874: P. 186, § 2. G.L. § 1812. G.S. § 2398. R.S. 08: § 4193. L. 13: P. 413, § 1. L. 21: P. 614, § 1. C.L. § 3279. L. 23: P. 458, § 1. CSA: C. 110, § 169. CRS 53: § 92-22-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-2. History. Source: L. 1874: P. 186, § 2. G.L. § 1812. G.S. § 2398. R.S. 08: § 4193. L. 13: P. 413, § 1. L. 21: P. 614, § 1. C.L. § 3279. L. 23: P. 458, § 1. CSA: C. 110, § 169. CRS 53: § 92-22-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-2.    ANNOTATION   Width of mining claim is distance between side lines. Davis v. Shepherd, 31 Colo. 141 , 72 P. 57 (1903).
CO Code § 34-43-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 43 - Claims - How Located|§ 34-43-105. Certificate Shall Contain but One Location

 No location certificate shall claim more than one location, whether the location is made by one or several locators. If it purports to claim more than one location it shall be absolutely void, except as to the first location therein described, and if they are described together, or so that it cannot be determined which location is first described, the certificate shall be void as to all.   History. Source: L. 1874: P. 190, § 17. G.L. § 1826. G.S. § 2412. R.S. 08: § 4196. C.L. § 3282. CSA: C. 110, § 172. CRS 53: § 92-22-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-5. History. Source: L. 1874: P. 190, § 17. G.L. § 1826. G.S. § 2412. R.S. 08: § 4196. C.L. § 3282. CSA: C. 110, § 172. CRS 53: § 92-22-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-22-5.