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• <br />Necessi <br />rmits. cis rceciamat~ <br />tamed as specified in <br />• <br />.y <br />Page 8 <br />34-32-109 <br />reclamation permit - application to exist <br />on permits for mining operations shall be <br />this article. <br />(2) After June 30, 1976, any operator proposing to engage in a new <br />mining operation must first obtain from the board or office a <br />reclamation permit as specified in this article. <br />(3> (a) Applications for reclamation permits filed under the <br />provisions of the "Colorado Open Mining Land Reclamation Act of 1973" <br />prior to and pending on July 1, 1976, shall be processed in accordance <br />with the provisions of this article. Reclamation permits granted under <br />the provisions of the "Colorado-Open-Mining-Land-Rerhamatton-Act of <br />1973" prior t~~ July 1, 1976, are valid reclamation permits for the <br />purposes of this article and are subject to the provisions of this <br />article for the purpose of renewal. An application for renewal shall <br />be filed at laast ninety days prior to the expiration of the <br />reclamation permit. Such applications shall be in accordance with <br />section 34-32-112; except that the applicant need not supply <br />information, materials, and undertakings previously supplied. The <br />application fur renewal of a reclamation permit shall show the area <br />mined or disturbed and the area reclaimed since the original <br />reclamation permit or the last renewal. <br />(b) (I) An operator with an existing reclamation permit granted under <br />the provisions of the "Colorado Open Mining Land Reclamation Act of <br />1973" may apply for the conversion of his existing reclamation permit <br />to a reclamation permit for the life of mine under the provision for <br />renewal set forth in this subsection (3) at any time on or after <br />July 1, 1976. The fee for the conversion of such an existing <br />reclamation permit shall not exceed two hundred dollars if the <br />conversion i.s made during the first year of the reclamation permit. <br />(II) Thereafter, the provisions of section 34-32-127 (2) shall apply. <br />(4) Mining operations which were lawfully being conducted prior to <br />July 1, 1976, without a reclamation permit may continue to be so <br />conducted until October 1, 1977, if, between July 1, 1976, and <br />October 1, 1917, the operators of such existing mining operations apply <br />for a reclamation permit as specified in this article. Any such <br />operator, having made application by October 1, 1977, but not having <br />received a reclamation permit by that date, shall be permitted to <br />continue his mining operation until such reclartiation permit is either <br />granted or denied. Any such operator who is denied a reclamation <br />permit and continues operations after such denial or who has not <br />applied for a reclamation permit by October 1, 1977, and continues <br />operations after October 1, 1977, shall be considered in violation of <br />this article and subject to the provisions of section 34-32-123. An <br />operator of an existing operation who is in cortipliance with all <br />requirements of the statutes in effect prior to July 1, 1976, and the <br />