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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 />18 February 2009 <br />Jim Stover, PE <br />Minrec, Inc. <br />PO Box 60340 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81506 <br />RE: North Thompson Creek Mine (C-1981-025) <br />Permit Renewal 05 (RN-05) <br />Dear Mr. Stover: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division has received your application for renewal of the North Thompson Mine <br />Permit. The Division received the application on 17 December 2007 and deemed it <br />complete on 27 December 2007. <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.08.5(3)(f) an application for renewal must be received by the Division <br />no later than 180 days prior to permit expiration in order for the operator to maintain the <br />right of successive renewal. The North Thompson Creek Mine's permit expired on 15 <br />August 2008. Based on the expiration date, the Division must have received North <br />Thompson Creek's application no later than 16 February 2008. Since the Division <br />received the application for renewal prior to this date (on 17 December 2007), North <br />Thompson Creek retains the right of successive renewal for Coal Mining Permit No. C- <br />1981-025. <br />Based on the Division's review of the materials submitted with the application for Permit <br />Renewal 05 and based on a review of the approved Permit, the Division has the following <br />adequacy comments and questions. <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.03.4, Identification of Interests, please update the <br />ownership information for the North Thompson Creek Mine. Upon receipt, <br />this information will be checked against the applicant violator system <br />database. <br />2 <br />3. <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.03.5, Compliance Information, please update the permit <br />information for the previous permit term. <br />The Surface Ownership Map (Drawing D-3-19) map was last updated on 27 <br />October 1997. Please submit an updated map and the corresponding permit <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines