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NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />r-, <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve Technical Revision Application No. <br />20 (TR-20) for the North Thompson Creek Mine (Permit No. C-81-025), submitted by MINREC, Inc.. <br />This revision would modify the current reclamation-only permit to answer those issues brought forward <br />during the current process of permit renewal of a valid, existing permit. The permit renewal issues <br />involved updating the current status of the mine site and the mine discharge flow as well as reclamation <br />issues concerning revegetation and backfilling the portal. <br />The North Thompson Creek Mine is a underground coal mine located in Garfield County, approximately <br />l0 miles southwest of Carbondale, Colorado. Coal interest is federal and private, and the surface affected <br />is federal and private land. The permit area encompasses approximately 3,300.0 acres. <br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all requirements <br />of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the <br />regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including stipulations, aze on file for public inspection at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may <br />request a formal heazing before the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd on the proposed decision. Such <br />request must be made within ten (10) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and <br />must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the proposed <br />decision. <br />