2015-08-31_REPORT - M2014028

• Permit No: M2014028
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 8/31/2015
• Doc Name: Annual Fee, Report & Map
• From: Huerfano County
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: TOD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

PEAK VIEW GRAVEL PIT
HUERFANO COUNTY GOVERNMENT
PERMIT STATUS REGARDING TEMPORARY CESSATION
34-32.5-103. Definitions
(11) "Life of the mine" means, with respect to a permit granted pursuant to section
34-32.5-110, 34-32.5-111, or 34-32.5-112, a period lasting as long as:
(b) Construction material reserves are shown by the operator to remain in the operation and
the operator plans to, or does, temporarily cease production for one hundred eighty days
or more if such operator files a notice with the board stating the reasons for
nonproduction, a plan for the resumption of production, and the measures taken to
comply with reclamation and other necessary activities as established by the board to
maintain the operation in a nonproducing state. The requirement of a notice of temporary
cessation shall not apply to operators who resume operating within one year and have
included in their permit applications a statement that the affected lands are to be used for
less than one hundred eighty days per year.
1. 13.5 Notice by Operator
(1) If the Operator plans to, or does, temporarily cease production of the mining operation for
one hundred eighty (180) days or more, the Operator must file a Notice of Temporary Cessation
in writing, to the Office.
In an attempt to comply with the above referenced portions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act
for the Extraction of Construction Materials ("Act") and the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction Materials ("Rules").
The applicantloperator states for the record that this operation may cease production of mining
operations for one hundred eighty (180) days or more from time to time. This operation is not a
commercial operation but rather a Colorado County Gravel Pit (Huerfano County); they use the
product to maintain regional county roads. This operation will be mined intermittently depending
upon the requirements of the road maintenance scheduled by the Huerfano Board of County
Commissioners and the Huerfano Roads and Bridge Department
The operators understands that to maintain their IS and/or TC standing, they must report their
status to the Board through their Annual Reports. The operator will abide by the required rules as
stated in the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials ("Act")
and the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land reclamation Board for the
Extraction of Construction Materials ("Rules").