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Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br /> Page 8 <br /> March 2, 2018 <br /> The Exhibit B index map submitted with the application is found to meet the requirements of Rule 6.4.2, <br /> as it shows all roads and other access to the area. The map background image appears to be a standard <br /> U.S. Geologic Survey topographic quadrangle map. <br /> c. Concerns regarding the climate information. (1) <br /> The Division found the climate information, Exhibit K, compliant with the requirements of Rule 6.4.11. <br /> d. Concerns regarding the public notice. (12) <br /> Rule 1.6.2(1)(d)(vi)requires the Applicant to indicate the location and final date for submitting statements <br /> of support or objection with the Office. The Applicant's public notice indicated comments must be in <br /> writing and must be received by the Division not more than 20 calendar days after the last date of the <br /> newspaper publication. The publication dates are included at the end of the newspaper notice. Therefore, <br /> the final date for submitting statements of support or objection with the Office was provided in the <br /> newspaper notice, as required under Rule 1.6.2(l)(d)(vi). <br /> 4. Reclamation Plan <br /> a.. Concerns regarding discrepancies of the proposed post mining land use. (12) <br /> LRM is the owner of the surface of the proposed affected land and the substance to be mined. The pre- <br /> mining land use of the site is primarily pastureland. Initially, LRM proposed two post-mining land uses <br /> for the site; Pastureland and shelter and cover for wildlife. LRM later clarified Pastureland as the post- <br /> mining land use for all affected lands to be consistent with their plan for the site once mining is complete. <br /> Pastureland is consistent with the historic and pre-mining land use described by the Applicant and as <br /> observed by the Division during the pre-operational inspection. The proposed description of the post- <br /> mining land use meets the requirements of Rules 6.4.5(2) and 3.1.1. <br /> b. Concerns that the reclamation plan provides for an unacceptable change to the land and is <br /> inadequate. (7) <br /> The Division determined the proposed reclamation plan and post-mining land use compliant with the <br /> applicable requirements of Rules 6.4.5 and 3.1. <br /> c. Concerns that the reclamation plan does not restore the land to the pre-mining condition <br /> and the post mining topography does not restore the land to the approximate original <br /> contour. (2) <br /> C.R.S. 34-32.5-103(19) defines reclamation as the employment, during and after an operation, of <br /> procedures reasonably designed to minimize as much as practicable the disruption from an operation and <br /> provide for the establishment of plant cover, stabilization of soil,protection of water resources or other <br />