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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado a0203 <br />-Phone: (3031 R66-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-a706 <br />MEMO <br />2g <br />DATE: September }-d; 1998 <br />TO: Minerals Program ~~~ <br />FROM: Bruce Humphries <br />~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Rorner <br />Governor <br />lames 5. Lochhead <br />Executive Direcor <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />RE: Additions and deletions of acreage where no disturbance has occurred -Revision to <br />the policy adopted May 31, 1996 <br />This Policy may be applied where an operator wants to add new acreage by deleting undisturbed acreage <br />from the permitted area. <br />Procedure <br />. The following conditions must exist: <br />> The azea to be deleted from the permitted azea must not have been disturbed by the <br />existing mining operation or any previous operator where a succession of operators has <br />occurred. The azea to be added must not have been disturbed by the operator. <br />> The existing reclamation plan, post training land use, and financial warranty amount are <br />appropriate and adequate for the azea to be added. <br />> If an exchange were to occur, the total new acreage must not exceed the amount deleted or <br />released. <br />The following process shall be followed: <br />> The operator shall submit a standazd request for a reclamation liability release. The <br />release of the area to be deleted from the current permit azea needs to occur prior to <br />amendment approval. <br />> The operator shall submit a completed amendment application form that includes a new <br />exhibit A, a new wildlife statement from the Division of Wildlife (if the area is greater than <br />10 acres), a revised Exhibit G or N (Source of Legal Right to Enter) and revised mining and <br />reclamation plan maps, as appropriate. The normal amendment application fee will not be <br />requited. However, the operator must submit the standazd fee required for a technical <br />revision. The operator shall notice according to the standazd notice requirements for a <br />permit amendment. If the Division receives an objection to the application, the operator <br />shall provide the remainder of the standazd fee for a permit amendment within 15 calendar <br />days of the objection. If the required standazd fee is not received by the specified date, the <br />Division may deny the application. <br />This policy is not applicable and can not be used as a method to correct an existing or potential <br />violation. <br />Q\policy4icrexch.w <br />