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-~ <br />-;,~. <br />111 IIIIII1111111111 <br />Gnr.e A. NoR~ror+ <br />Aaornty General <br />SrFrrusN K. EwcwrBtucx <br />Chic( Deputy Anornty General <br />TlM07HV M. TY-rxOV1C11 <br />Soliciwr General <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />OrInCB AF nuc Arr'OieNriY Gex®eAe- <br />January 21, 1994 <br />M E M O R A N D U M <br />TO: Mike Lonq, Director <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Steve Renner, Chtef, Coal Office <br />FROM: Stephen Brownr~~ <br />Assistant Attorney General <br />Natural Resources Section <br /> <br />STn78 Srrevrers Brnrnrrrc <br />1525 Sherman Suit - Srh Floor <br />Denier Colorado 60203 <br />Phone (303 8664500 <br />FAX (30~) 866-5691 <br />REs Right of Successive Renewal/Continuation of Operations <br />In your December 23, 1993 memorandum to me, you asked whether a <br />coal permittee that has not submitted a renewal application to <br />the Division at least 190 days prior to the expiration data on <br />the permit has the right to a successive renewal. You also asked <br />whether. such a permittee could continue to mine and/or ship coal <br />after the date of permit. expiration until a final decision <br />regarding permit renewal ie made. Subsequently we discussed <br />whether a permittee could continue to mine after permit expira- <br />tion under the temporary relief provisions of the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board For Coal Mining <br />(Regulations), 2 CCR 407-2, Section 2.07.6(d) if. the Division <br />issues a proposed decision regarding a renewal application prior <br />to permit expiration. After stating my understanding of the fac- <br />tual background for these issues, I will address them in turn. <br />Fact6 <br />Basin Resources (Basin) le the permittee of two coal permits <br />issued by the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG or Division), <br />C-81-013 (Golden Eagle Mine), and C-81-012 (New Elk Mine). Basin <br />