2025-03-11_PERMIT FILE - M2025008

• Permit No: M2025008
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/11/2025
• Doc Name: Incompleteness Response
• From: Brent Rovedo
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: ERR
• Email Name: ZTT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

USDA United States Forest South Park Ranger District PO Box 219
_�— Department of Service 320 US Highway 285
_ Agriculture Fairplay,CO 80440
719-836-2031
Fax:[phone]
File Code: 2810
Date: February 26, 2025
Brent Rovedo
Claimant/Operator
18049 East Bellewood Dr
Aurora,CO 80015
Dear Mr. Brent Rovedo,
I am writing regarding the 3 Toes Mine Plan of Operations(MPO)(2810-021210-MPO-2023-008)
for lode exploration and mining related activities on the South Park Ranger District of the Pike
National Forest. In my November 21, 2024 letter to you, I informed you that I had signed the
Crystal Creek MPO Decision Notice(DN) on November 21, 2024 and instructed you on the final
two steps necessary for MPO approval.
I received your Design Criteria, signed by you, the operator, on December 16, 2024, that
incorporated into Section IV-A the changes and additions that were identified in the DN. As per
the Memorandum of Understanding between the Forest Service and the State of Colorado,
Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS), the DRMS is the lead bond authority and
will be responsible for calculating your reclamation bond. This bond will need to be submitted to
and approved by DRMS and the Forest Service in accordance with 36 CFR 228.13, prior to the
authorization of your MPO. This bond will be used as a guarantee of faithful performance with
the terms and conditions listed in the MPO. As a reminder, the bond can be adjusted during the
term of the MPO in response to changes in the operations or to changes in the economy. Also,
you may request a partial bond release following completion of the ground disturbing activities
(i.e., all but monitoring).
These last two steps conclude the stipulations listed in the DN. Therefore, I have conditionally
approved your 3 Toes MPO with my signature in Section IX(attached). Operations are authorized
to begin on June 1, 2025,and are authorized for 10 years,with completion of all activities including
reclamation by December 31, 2035.
Please be aware, this approval does not constitute permission to conduct activities that require
other agency permits. You are responsible for obtaining all other necessary permits prior to
operation. Furthermore, approval of this operating plan in no way authorizes, or in any way
permits,a release or threat of a release of hazardous substances or pollutants into the environment
that will require a response action or result in the incurrence of response costs.
All designs,monitoring plans,and analyses required by the MPO are subject to the requirement of
36 CFR 228.8 that mining operations be conducted so as, where feasible, to minimize adverse
environmental impacts on National Forest surface resources. The operator's compliance with this
requirement in no way insulates or releases them from any liability or obligations that may arise
with respect to its operations under any applicable environmental law, including but not limited to
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