2007-12-26_REVISION - C1981025 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/26/2007
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: Federal & County Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN5
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 26, 2007
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado/Gunnison Basin Office
400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563
Re: North Thompson Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-025)
Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5)
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 26, 2007, an application to renew an
existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the North Thompson Creek Mine was considered complete for
the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act
and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
MINREC, Inc. proposes to continue reclamation operations on land located approximately 10 miles southwest of
Carbondale, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
T8S, R89W; Portions of Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35
T9S, R89W; Portions of Sections 2, 3 and 4
T7S, R88W; Portions of Sections 20, 29, 30 and 32
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Stony Ridge, Carbondale and
Cattle Creek.
A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder, 109
8th Street, Suite 200, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, and at the Division office. For additional information, to
provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days after the
last public notice in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.
Sincerely,
Jason D. Mus
Environmental Protection Specialist
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Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines