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FROM=natural 70~IN'If JqN 21. 1994 5~28PM p174 P.02 <br />GALE A. NORTON <br />Aanrney General <br />ST~IUW K. ERxIwBRACK <br />chief Denary wnorney General <br />TIMOTHY M. TYSrxovlCll <br />Soliciwr General <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMN:NT OF LAW <br />G-17C6 OF TIn4 ATTORNI(Y GFIiBRAL <br />Sr~iS SERVtcts Binlnlnc <br />1525 Sherman Streer - SIh Floor <br />Dcnver Colorado 80203 <br />Fllone ('303 8664500 <br />FAX c30~) 866.5691 <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, Chief, Coal Office <br />FROM: Stephen Brown ^~~~ <br />Assistant Attorney General <br />Natural Resources Section <br />REs Right of Successive Renewal/Continuation of Operations <br />In your December 23, 1993 memorandum to me, you asked whether a <br />coal permlttee that has not submitted a renewal application to <br />the Division at least 180 days prior to the expiration date 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 re11eE provisions of the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />(Regulations), 2 CCR 407-2, Section 2.07.4(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 />FACta <br />Baeln Resources (easin) is the permittee of two coal permits <br />issued by the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG or Division), <br />C-81-Oi3 (Golden Eagle Mine), and C-81-012 (New Elk Mine). Basin <br />