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Permit Number CO-0025, <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />• UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />This permit, CO-0025 which incorporates Colorado Permit C-045-81 is issued for <br />United States of America by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to <br />Snowmass Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 980 <br />Carbondale, Colorado 81623 <br />for the North Thompson Creek Mines. The Snowmass Coal Company leases Federal <br />Coal Lease C-03172 and C-08173. The permit is not valid until a performance <br />bond is filed with the OSM in the amount of $1,750,000.00, payable to the <br />United States of America and the State of Colorado, and the OSM has received a <br />copy of this permit signed and dated by the permittee. <br />Sec. 1 STATUTES AND REGULATIONS - This permit is issued pursuant to the <br />Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et <br />seq., hereafter referred to as SMCRA, and the Federal coal leases <br />issued pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of February 15, 1920, as <br />amended, 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq., the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments <br />Act of 1976, as amended 30 U.S.C. 201 et seq. and in the case of <br />. acquired lands, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of <br />September 7, 1947, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. This permit is <br />also subject to all regulations of the Secretary of the Interior <br />including, but not limited to, 30 CFR 211 and Chapter VII and 43 CFR <br />3400, and to all regulations of the Secretary of Energy promulgated <br />pursuant to Section 302 of the Department of Energy Organization Act <br />of 1977, 42 U.S.C. 7152, which are now in force or, except as <br />expressly limited herein, hereafter in force, and all such <br />regulations are made a part hereof. <br />Sec. 2 The permittee is authorized to conduct surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations (as defined in 30 CFR 700.5) on the following <br />described Federal lands (as shown on permit area map, Attachment I) <br />within the permit area at the North Thompson Creek Mine situated in <br />the State of Colorado, Pitkin County, and located within Federal <br />Lease C-08173, and the area included in the description below. <br />T. 8 S., R. 89 W., 6th PM; sec. 21, portions of the E1/2; portions of <br />sec. 22; portions of sec. 27; sec. 28, portions of the E1/2; sec. 33, <br />portions of the E1/2; portions of sec. 34; portions of sec. 35; <br />T. 9 S., R. 89 W., 6th PM; sec. 2, portions of the W1(2; portions of <br />sec. 3; sec. 4, portions of E1/2; <br />• <br />