2014-01-30_REVISION - M1998013 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: M1998013
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/30/2014
• Doc Name: Preliminary review of a 112 C Permit Amendment AM02
• From: DRMS
• To: Civil Resources, LLC
• Type & Sequence: AM2
• Email Name: ECS
• 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 30, 2014
Andy Rodriguez
Civil Resources, LLC
PO Box 680
Fredrick CO 80530
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S 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 Reclamation Permit Amendment
Application Package AM02, The Shores, Permit M- 1998 -013
Mr. Rodriguez:
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 January 16, 2014. All comment and review periods began on January 16, 2014.
The decision date for this application is April 16, 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 (April 9, 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 Weld 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 very well done; 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.
EXHIBIT G - Water Information (Rule 6.4.7):
As complaints to the Division related to groundwater mounding/shadowing have increased, groundwater
monitoring/mitigation plans have become a critical component for sites that install lined lakes for water
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storage - especially in heavily mined areas with nearby residences such as this. In fact, during a file search
it was noted that there have already been complaints lodged against this site for possible impacts to
groundwater levels that were eventually dismissed.
DRMS normally requires at least 12 months of quarterly "baseline" monitoring of water levels prior to
activities that impact groundwater such as the installation of slurry walls and dewatering/pumping activities.
Given that this site was permitted in 1998 and has been in operation for over 10 years at this time, are there
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