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the approved disposal site in the Munger Canyon Mine permit azea. SO-3 Permit Transfer application was submitted by LEI on June 26, 2003. The successor operator/pemuttee was Central Appalachia Mining, LLC, (CAM). The Division deemed the application complete and issued a preliminary adequacy letter to CAM on July 3, 2003. The Division was not able to make an affiruiative finding of CAM's legal right of entry until BLM approved the assignment of federal coal leases to CAM. BLM approved the lease transfer effective 12/1/04, and the Division issued a proposed decision to approve the SO-3 pernut transfer on November 17, 2004. The pemut transfer decision became final on December 17, 2004. Permit Renewal No. 4 Review Process On Mazch 19, 2002, the Division notified Lodestaz Energy, Inc. (LEI) that mining and reclamation pemrit C-81-020 for the Munger Canyon Mine would expire on January 13, 2003. The Division requested pursuant to Rule 2.08.5, that a renewal application be received in the Division office on or before July 17, 2002. LEI's application for Successive Renewal No. 4 (RN-4) of Permit C-81-20 was received by the Division on April 24, 2002. The application included a renewed certificate of insurance, in addition to the required application form and proposed newspaper public notice. The application was deemed complete on May 9, 2002, and notices were provided to various local, state, and federal agencies on that date. Public notice of the renewal application was published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel once a week for four consecutive weeks beginning May 17, 2002. Proof of publication was provided to the Division on June 10, 2002. The Division received only one written comment during the review period. The Division's adequacy review was conducted with the following sequence of notification letters, adequacy review letters, response submittals, and associated correspondence. There was a substantial delay in the review period, which was due to the bankruptcy of LEI, and subsequent delays associated with transfer of federal coal leases from LEI to CAM. May 9, 2002--availability for review and request for comments provided to Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Resource Area (BLM), Garfield County Commissioners, Colorado Dept. of Health Air Pollution Control Division, Garfield County Planning Department, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Division of Water Resources, Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers, State Board ofLand Commissioners, Office of Surface Mining Western Regional Coordinating Center (OSM), Natural Resources Conservation Service Grand Junction Field Office (NRCS), Colorado Dept. of Health Water Quality Control Division, Colorado Historical Society/Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. May 23, 2002-DMG received a comment letter from SHPO indicating that approval of the renewal application would not affect cultural resources.