2014-01-06_PERMIT FILE - M2013084

• Permit No: M2013084
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 1/6/2014
• Doc Name: Preliminary review of application
• From: DRMS
• To: Phillips County
• Email Name: ECS
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 6, 2014
Randy Schafer
Phillips County
221 South Interocean Ave
Holyoke CO 80734
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta Pineda
Director
Re: Preliminary Review of a 112 Construction Materials Application Package, Phillips County
Landfill Pit, DRMS Permit M2013 -084
Mr. Schafer:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety has completed its preliminary adequacy review of your
112 construction materials reclamation permit amendment application. The application was called complete
for review on December 30, 2013. All comment and review periods began on December 30, 2013. The
decision date for this application is March 31, 2014. Please be advised that if you are unable to
satisfactorily address any concerns identified in this review before the decision date, it will be your
responsibility to request an extension of the review period. If there are outstanding issues that have not
been adequately addressed prior to the end of the review period, and no extension has been requested, the
Division will deny this application. In order to allow the Division adequate time to review your responses
to any adequacy issues, please submit your adequacy responses to the Division no later than one week prior
to the decision date (March 24, 2014).
Please note that any changes or additions to the application on file in our office must also be reflected in
the public review copy, which has been placed with the Phillips County Clerk and Recorder.
The review consisted of comparing the application content with specific requirements of Rule 6.1, 6.2,
6.4 and 6.5 of the Minerals Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for
the Extraction of Construction Materials. In general the application was substantially adequate; however,
as with most applications there are a few items that will require clarification of the existing information.
Any inadequacies are identified under the respective exhibit heading.
Although not specifically forbidden by the rule, DRMS has some questions /concerns about including an
active shooting range inside the permit boundary. Does the county have any intention of expanding the pit
excavation into the current range area, or otherwise utilizing the range area for any "mining related" activity
such as equipment parking, material stockpiles, etc? Will mining be taking place while the range is open,
or will the range be closed when mining/hauling is taking place at the site?
EXHIBIT N - Source of Legal Right to Enter (Rule 6.4.14):
Exhibit N, states that Greg and Denise Smith are the property owners, however, Exhibit O states that
Phillips County is the property owner. (I suspect this is a simple cut/paste error, carried over from the
Kennedy Pit CNO 1) Please clarify and submit a new copy of the correct Exhibit N information for the
Phillips County Landfill Pit file.
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