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Proposed Decision The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve an application for renewal of the valid, existing permit C-1981-025 (Permit). The application was submitted by MINREC, Inc. for the North Thompson Creek Mines. This decision is based on a fmding that the operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act (Rules). If no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty (30) days of the first publication of the issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes fmal. The permit application, all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions will become a binding part of the permit. Summary History of the Review Process On August 15, 1983, the North Thompson Creek Mines were issued a permanent program permit, Permit No. C-81-025, for afive-yeaz term, The Division renewed this Permit for subsequent five-yeaz terms on August 16, 1988, August 15, 1993, and August 15, 1998. The current five-year-term Permit expires on August 15, 2003. This renewal will expire August 15, 2008. The mine is no longer producing coal, and nearly all of the reclamation work was completed by 1987. On October 4, 2002, the Division notified MIIVREC that a permit renewal application for a fourth term must be submitted 180 days preceding expiration of the pemut. MINREC, Inc. submitted (dated February 3, 2003) an application for the renewal of the North Thompson Creek Mines Permit C-1981-025 (Application). The Application was received at the Division on February 5, 2003. The Division found the application complete on February 12, 2003. The applicant had published a public notice of the application for permit renewal in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent once each week for four weeks (Mazch 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2003). The Division received no comments concerning this renewal. A preliminary adequacy review letter, in which the Division identified deficiencies in the original renewal Application, was sent to the Applicant on April 10, 2003. Resolution of the deficiencies was required in order for the Division to make determinations of compliance with the Act. The Applicant responded to the comments on April 18, 2003, with the submittal of revised pages to the Application. The Division fmds that the permit maybe renewed. Previous analyses of the North Thompson Creek mining and reclamation operation have included the original permitting review, mid-term and permit renewal reviews, and minor and technical revision reviews, and reviews of inspections and reports. The reader is directed to File No. C- 1981-025 for specifics of these reviews.