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FROM natural TO~DMG JRN 21. 1994 5~28PM ti174 P.02 <br />GArs A. NoR'ron <br />Aaorncy Gcoeral <br />S'rBrruW K. EaxlWBaucx <br />Chicf Depury AROrney General <br />TIMOTIrY M. '!ti'-nwvrat <br />Soliciar Genera! <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMF,NT OF LAW <br />OvelCa: or nus ArraaNSY Ger>BaAr. <br />SrA78 SERVIt.k:S BUIr-0ING <br />1323 Sherman Strett - Sth Floor <br />Denver Colorado 80203 <br />Phone 03) 8664300 <br />FAX 03) 866-3691 <br />January 21, 1994 <br />M E M O R A N D U M <br />TO: Mika Lonq, Director <br />Division oP Minerals and Geology <br />Steve Renner, C_h0.ief, Coal Office <br />FROM: Stephen Brown ql'~ <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 permittee 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 is made. Subsequently we discussed <br />whether a permittee could continue to mine after permit expira- <br />tion under the temporary te11eE provisions of the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Hoard 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 />Facts <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 />