2019-04-25_REVISION - M2008080 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: M2008080
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/25/2019
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Response
• From: J & T Consulting
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR4
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

In
April 23, 2019
Mr. Peter Hays
Environmental Protection Specialist
State of Colorado
Division of Reclamation, Mining, & Safety
1313 Sherman Street— Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
RE: Journey Ventures, LLC. —Journey Ventures Pit— Technical Revision No. 4 Request,
File No. M-2008-080, Adequacy Review Comments Response
Dear Mr. Hays,
Journey Ventures, LLC has received the Division's adequacy review comments letter dated
April 10, 2019. Below are the comments and the corresponding responses that have been
provided to address the comments.
1.The copy of the As Constructed drawings for the Journey Ventures Pit Slurry Wall submitted to
the Division were not stamped and certified by a professional engineer. Please provide the
Division with a certified copy of the Journey Ventures Pit Slurry Wall As Constructed drawings.
Response: The signed and stamped drawings are attached for the Journey
Ventures Pit Slurry Wall As-Constructed Drawings.
2. On the Exhibit C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Map,the Operator indicates the permit area is 83.00
acres.The Division records indicate the current permitted acreage as 82.95 acres.The original
84.63 acres site was reduced by 1.68 acres with the approval of AR-01 by the Division on April
10, 2015. Please update the Exhibit C Map to indicate the correct permit acreage.
Response: The updated Exhibit C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Map is attached
with the corrected acreage.
3. On the Exhibit C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Map,the Operator indicates the acreage affected by
mining activity in Phase 1 and 2 as 68.61 acres. Please indicate the location(s) of the remaining
14.34 acres of undisturbed acreage for the total permitted acreage of 82.95 acres.
Response: The location of the remaining 14.34 acres has been updated and
shown as a shaded area on the attached Exhibit C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan
Map.
4. During a site inspection on April 9, 2019,the Operator stated the oil and gas well located in the
western portion of Phase 2 and the oil and gas wells and battery located in southwest portion of
Phase 1 have been abandoned and/or relocated by the oil and gas companies. Please update the
Exhibit C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Map and Exhibit F Reclamation Plan Map to remove the
indicated oil and gas facilities and update the technical revision submittal to discuss the removal
of the oil and gas facilities.
Response: The oil/gas wells that were previously shown on the Exhibit C Pre-
Mining and Mining Plan Map and the Exhibit F Reclamation Plan Map have been
removed as shown on the attached updated maps.
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