2014-09-30_REVISION - M1978249

• Permit No: M1978249
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/30/2014
• Doc Name: Additional Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Rob Quint
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Email Name: ERR
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 D O L O R A D O
Denver,Colorado 80203 REVISION o F
RECLAMATION
Phone:[phone] MINING
FAX:[phone] _&—
SAFETY
September 30,2014
John W.Hickenlooper
Governor
Rob Quint
315 Main St., Ste.2 Mike King
Executive Director
Sterling,CO 80751
Loretta Pineda
Director
RE: Logan County; Kokes Gravel Pit; .File No.M-1978-249; 112c Permit
Amendment Application AM-01; dditional Adequacy Review Letter
Dear Mr. Quint,
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Sa.ety(Division)has reviewed the content of the Response
Letter,received September 25, 2014,to the E ivision's Adequacy letter sent August 22,2014 and submits
the following comments.The response is in gard to the Logan County permit Amendment Application
(AM-01) for the Kokes Gravel Pit, File No. -1978-249. Following a request to extend the decision
date,the Division is now required to make an approval or denial decision no later than October 27,
2014; therefore, a response to the following adequacy review concerns should be submitted to the
Division as soon as possible.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(October 20,2014).
Please note that any changes or additions tot ie application on file in our office must also be reflected in
the public review copy,which was placed wi It the Logan County Clerk and Recorder by the Applicant.
Please submit proof that any changes to the p rmit have been recorded.
The review consisted of comparing the applic ation content with specific requirements of Rules 1, 3, 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. y inadequacies are identified below:
1. The Division received comments from th Division of Water Resources and History Colorado. The
letters are attached for review. Please ad ress and acknowledge any comments noted in the letters and
make changes to the application as neces iary.
2. The re-submitted certification page of tht application was not filled out properly.Please submit a new
certification page listing the Applicant/Operator or Company Name as just"Logan County". In
addition,please include a county seal if applicable.A copy of the re-submitted certification page has
been attached.
3. During the pre-operation inspection conducted on August 19, 2014,the Division observed a dry creek
bed of an ephemeral drainage along thenortheast boundary of the site.The Response Letter included
several maps that identified where this creek bed was located at within the permit boundary. Please
update the proposed reclamation plan na ative to describe in detail the specific reclamation proposed
for this area as compared to the rest of the site.
This concludes the Division's additional adeq aacy review of this application.This letter shall not be
interpreted to mean that there are no other tec imcal deficiencies in your application. Other issues may
arise as additional information is supplied. Plo ase be advised the Kokes Gravel Pit permit application may
be deemed inadequate, and the application m y be denied on October 27, 2014,unless the above
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