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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Minrec, Inc., 627 24 1/2 Road, Unit H, Grand Junction, CO 81505 has submitted a
<br />complete application for renewal of a valid, existing permit to conduct coal mining in
<br />Colorado to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety for its North Thompson Creek
<br />Mines, mining permit no. C-1981-025.
<br />The permit area consists of the lands located in Sections 27, 28, and 35, T 8 S, R 89 W,
<br />6th P.M. and Sections 2 and 3 T 9 S, R 89 W, 6th P.M. more fully described below. The
<br />surface of the mine permit area is owned by the North Thompson -Four Mile Mineral and
<br />Land Corporation (portions of sections 27, 34 and 35 T 8 S), the Crystal River Ranch
<br />Company (portions of sections 2 and 3 T 9 S, and sections 34 and 35 T 8 S, and the U. S.
<br />Forest Service (portion of section 27 T 8 S).
<br />The mine permit area is located approximately 9.5 miles from the bridge across the Crystal
<br />River on County Road 108, (North Thompson Creek Road). The permit area can be
<br />located on the U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute Stony Ridge, CO quadrangle map. The total permit
<br />area encompasses 1093.5 acres of which 20 acres are on USDA -FS managed surface.
<br />Township 8 South, Range 89 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Section 27: S/2SE/4SW/4, W/2SE/4, W/2E/2SE/4
<br />Section 34: SEA, E/2NW/4, S/2NE/4, NW/4NE/4, W/2NE/4NE/4
<br />Section 35: Portion of SW/4, SW/4NW/4, W/2W/2SE/4NW/4
<br />Township 9 South, Range 89 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Section 2: Portions of the NW/4, Portions of the N/2SW/4
<br />Section 3: NE/4, N/2SE/4
<br />The total permit area contains 1,093.5 acres.
<br />A copy of the proposed permit renewal application is available for public inspection at the
<br />Garfield County Clerk and Recorder's Office, Garfield County Courthouse, Glenwood
<br />Springs, CO and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313
<br />Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567. Written comments,
<br />objections or a request for an informal conference on the proposed permit renewal may be
<br />submitted to and additional information obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />and Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO 80203, phone (303) 866-3567.
<br />Written comments or objections must be submitted to the Division within thirty (30) days of
<br />the last publication of this notice in order to be considered.
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