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• Permit No: M1999006
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 8/13/2002
• Doc Name: Copy of Inspection Report
• From: DMG
• To: Mildred Sarchet
• Inspection Date: 6/27/2002
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
August 13, 2002
Mrs. Mildred Sarchet
300 Crestridge Ln.
Longmont, CO 80501
RE: Kuntz Resowce Recovery and Land Development Project, Permit No. M-1999-006
Deaz Mrs. Sarchet:
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
M INING•SAFETY
Bili Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walct~er
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Acting Division Director
The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) conducted an inspection of the Kuntz Resowce Recovery and Land Development
Project site on June 27, 2002. Although the DMG makes a practice of sending a copy of inspection reports based on complaints
to the complainant(s), in this case mailing of these copies was overlooked. If this caused any inconvenience, please accept our
apologies. Information regarding the attached inspection report and the complaint itself is contained below:
1. A copy of the attached report was forwarded to the Office of the State Engineer and to the Colorndo Department
of Public Health and the Environment. Presumably the issues raised in the initial complaint letter will be
addressed by these two entities.
2. The inspection conducted by the DMG was performed in light of the Conshuction Rules and Regulations and
mining laws set forth by the State of Colorado and as to whether any violations to those rules, or the law, had
occurred.
3. The basis of the complaint appears to deal more duectly with water rights and with issues handled by [he Office
of the State Engineer, rather than with issues enforced by the DMG.
4. It has come to the attention of the DMG that there are data and records supporting the initial complaint which
were not considered at the time of the inspection. The original written complaints did not indicate that such
data existed, and if any of the complainants wish to forward this information to the DMG for review, the DMG
will review the information and forward it to the proper office(s) if it does not directly apply to rules,
regulations, or laws enforced by the DMG. You will be notified of any material which is forwarded and to
whom.
Evidence hom the site inspection, the nature of the complaint, and recent precipitation levels indicate at this time that the problems
experienced in the vicinity of Ure Kuntz Resowce Recovery and Land Development Project are likely drought-related and do not
fall under the jurisdiction of the DMG. Further data and evidence submitted to the DMG, however, will be used to determine
whether the DMG has any jurisdiction over the groundwater issues currently being experienced in the vicinity of the site.
If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact me at (303)8b6-38b3.
S1tyet~lY,
I1
Carl B. Mount
Senior Environmental Protection Specialist
cc: Bruce Humphries, Kate Pickford; DMG, via a-mail.