GENERAL54949

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/20/2004
• Doc Name: Signed Permit Transfer
• Permit Index Doc Type: Permit Legal Documents
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO

DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources COLORADO

ED P I V I S I O M O F
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 RECEIV M 1 N &RA L$
Denver, Colorado 60203 G E O L O G Y
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] Rj ~,I ~I 27 2003 MINING•SAFETT
Eill Owens
Division of Minerals & Geology Governor
Greg E. Walcher
Executive
Director
Mike Long
Division Director
REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF COAL PERMIT AND SUCCESSION OF OPERATORS
I.
RECITALS
A. On July 15 1999 ,the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the
Colorado Department of Natural Resources (the "State") granted to
Lodestar Energy,lnc.
251 Tollage Creek, Pikeville, KY, 41501
address
("Permittee")
permit number C-1980-004 (the "Permit") pursuant to which Permittee has been conducting a
mining and reclamation operation known as McClave Canyon Mine in the
County of Garfield ,State of Colorado.
B. Permittee wishes to assign the permit to
Central Appalachia Mining, LLC
P.O. Box 2827, Pikeville, KY, 41502
address
as Successor
Operator ("Successor") and Successor wishes to become Successor Permittee under the permit.
C. Successor understands that the reclamation plan (the "Plan") required by the permit and by
applicable State laws and regulations has not been completed and is willing to assume full responsibility
for the completion of the Plan.
II.
AGREEMENTS
Permittee and Successor hereby agree, for their own benefit and for the benefit of the State, such
agreements to be effective ipso facto upon the approval by the State of the transfer of the Permit from
Permittee to Successor, as follows:
1. Successor has inspected the mining and reclamation operations to its entire satisfaction
and is fully aware of the condition thereof. Successor understands and accepts all of the conditions of the
Permit.