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ENT FT a�P i 'yA United States Department of the Interior y o = a9 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TAKE PRIDE` H 3 ,a Royal Gorge Field Office INAMERICA 3028 East Main Street Canon City, Colorado 81212 In Reply Refer To: 3809 (COF020, SSC) JUN 27 2012 Mr. Thomas Zimmerman 45871 State Highway 50 Canon City, CO 81212 Dear Mr. Zimmerman: We received your Plan of Operations submittal on July 29, 2011 for proposed placer mining activities associated with placer claim CMC 278502 (El Rancho Bondo), located in Township 18 South, Range 71 West, Section 18. The mining claim and proposed mining activities are located within an Area of Critical Environmental Concern(ACEC). As such, 43 CFR 3809 requires that a Plan of Operations be submitted by the Operator if the surface disturbance associated with the proposed activities will exceed a Casual Use level. This area and a similar operational proposal were previously evaluated in 2001 through preparation of an Environmental Assessment (CO-200-2001-0054 EA) and a Determination of NEPA Adequacy(DNA) (CO-200-2001-0046 DNA). The environmental assessment resulted in,a finding of no significant impact(FONSI) on the human environment. In accordance with the NEPA evaluation process, a new DNA was prepared by BLM for your proposed mining activities. It was concluded that this proposal conforms to the applicable land use plan and that the NEPA documentation fully covers the proposed action and constitutes BLM's compliance with the requirements of the NEPA. Information and mitigation that were derived from the above summarized environmental analyses are enclosed with this letter and apply to your proposed operations on the El Rancho Bondo claim. Regulations outlined in 43 CFR 3809.420 provide further details on performance standards that apply to your operations. The proposed operations consist of ATV access to the unpatented El Rancho Bondo claim via an existing trail and highbanking. You have indicated that to reclaim surface impacts holes will be manually backfilled and stockpiled topsoil will be raked and reseeded. This work was estimated by you to cost $400.00 to implement and complete. BLM has determined that the cost estimate to fully reclaim your operations will be $530.00,which is more than what was originally proposed. Below is a summary of BLM's estimate: