STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
<br />May 24, 2010
<br /> James B. Martin
<br /> Executive Director
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<br />400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563
<br />Re: North Thompson Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1981-025)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 25 (TR-25)
<br />Update Permit Boundary
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 24, 2010, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />North Thompson Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by MINREC,
<br />Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The North Thompson Creek Mine has submitted a Technical Revision to their permit to decrease the mine's permit boundary.
<br />The decrease in permit boundary is the result of changes approved with Partial Phase I/ILUI Bond Release application SL-06
<br />(approved on 22 December 2009). This revision will change the necessary map(s) and the mine's legal description in the
<br />permit application. No new lands are proposed for incorporation into the permit and no new lands are proposed for disturbance
<br />with this revision. There will be no increase in the mine's liability as a result of this revision.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 10 miles Southwest of Carbondale, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />T8S, R89W; Portions of Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35
<br />T9S, R89W; Portions of Sections 2, 3 and 4
<br />T7S, R88W; Portions of Sections 20, 29, 30 and 32
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Stony Ridge, Carbondale And Cattle
<br />Creek.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Garfield County Clerk
<br />and Recorder, 109 8th Street, Suite 200, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, and at the Division office. For additional information
<br />or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />S incerely,
<br />James R. Stark
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-T diOD1061025 JRS 05242010030738.doc Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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