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<br />9 <br />conveyances, and culverts will be removed and the area reclaimed. The remaining <br />historic structures, historic waste rock piles, and other historic mine features will remain <br />in place to preserve the historic recreation use. <br />The Chicago Tunnel portal will remain gated to provide ongoing bat habitat. Newmont <br />has held several conversations with Colorado Parks and Wildlife regarding bat habitat <br />and will ensure the Chicago Tunnel closure will include their recommendations for <br />suitable gating for bats. <br />The Chicago Tunnel mine area already is shown on Drawing F-1 as being returned to <br />wildlife habitat / range land. <br />B. Vol. IV, Appendix 11, Reclamation Cost Estimate. Tabs 58 (Chicago Tunnel) and <br />59 (Providence). <br />a. Please provide the reclamation cost estimate for the Chicago Tunnel area and the <br />Proper adit. Adequacy pending response to Comment A) above. The response <br />clarified the location of the Chicago Tunnel reclamation costs. However, as stated <br />in Comment A) above, the Division has inadequate reclamation plans for this area <br />and cannot verify the estimated costs for reclamation are adequate pursuant to Rule <br />6.4.12. <br /> <br />RESPONSE: As noted above, a detailed reclamation plan for the Chicago Tunnel <br />underground mine area is not yet fully developed over what has been provided per the <br />existing Chicago Tunnel/Proper Adit permit. That being said, Newmont believes the cost <br />estimates provided for the Chicago Tunnel found on pages 22 and 103 of the Reclamation <br />Cost Estimate in Appendix 11, Volume IV of the Amendment 11 submittal are adequate to <br />cover the anticipated reclamation at the site. . The Providence reclamation cost estimate <br />information can be found on page 104 of the Reclamation Cost Estimate in Appendix 11, <br />Volume IV of the Amendment 11 submittal. <br /> <br />C. Mollie Kathleen Tourist Mine. Potential Safety impacts to the Mollie Kathleen tourist <br />mine: <br /> a. Concerns over “airflow, ventilation and subsurface ground stability”…CC&V’s <br />commitment to continue to communicate with Dewy-Dwight on a routine basis is <br />adequate. Please note that Pursuant to Rule 6.5.(4), an adequate response to <br />Comment 13 above is required. <br />RESPONSE: Please see Newmont’s response to Comment 13 above. As noted, Newmont <br />held a meeting with a representative from the Mollie Kathleen tourist mine and can <br />hold future meetings if necessary. <br />D. Teller County. Cripple Creek Mining Overlay District (CCMOD). The response is <br />not adequate. Based on an October 17, 2016 telephone call with Teller County <br />officials (Lynda Morgan & Dan Williams), the issue with the apparent changing of <br />the CCMOD boundary requires the submittal of a survey and a zoning change request,