PERMFILE45544

• Permit No: M2004067
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/25/2005
• Doc Name: Objections to Amended Appl
• From: Hayes Phillips Hoffmann & Carberry PC
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

GREG ROUSH
GREGG TEN EYCK
LEONARD RICE ENGINEERS, INC. LESLIE BOTHAM
JON FORD
2000 CLAY STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER, COLORADO SO21 1-51 1 9 ERIN WILSON
(303) 4559589 • [phone] • FAx [phone] ED ARMBRUSTER
May 25, 2005
Mr. Tom Schreiner
Environmental Protection Specialist ~'i.~1~ 2 5 Z~~~
Colorado Division of Minerals and Hydrology
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 " ~ "''' ' "'""'
Denver, CO 80203
RE: Objections to Reclamation Permit Application and Amendments filed on March 23'x, 2005 -
MMRR Quany, Regular 112 Application Class: Permit File No. M-2004-067
Dear Mr. Schreiner:
Clear Creek District Water Providers, LLC (applicant) filed a Regular (112) Construction Materials
Operation Reclamation Permit Application M-2004-067 (permit) for the MMRR Quarry on
November 9`s, 2004. The City of Black Hawk submitted comments on December 30`h, 2004 to the
Colorado Division ofMinerals and Geology (DMG) regarding the permit. In its comment letter, the
City: 1) endorsed and reiterated several objections lodged by others, including, but not limited to,
the proposed mine's impacts on the area's water supply, wildlife, drainage, erosion control, and
concerns regazding site restoration; 2) endorsed and further elaborated on the need for compliance
with Gilpin County's Special Use Review Permit requirements; and 3) raised various issues
regazding the expired Colorado Deparhnent of Transportation's (CDOT) state highway access
permit.
On March 25`h, 2005, the applicant submitted a Response to Adequacy Review to the DMG in
support of the permit application. Anew public notice and comment period for amendments to the
permit was published on May 6`h, 2005 in the Weekly Register (page 6). Comments regazding the
amended permit application are due to the DMG by May 26~h, 2005. The City ofBlack Hawk hereby
submits the following comments:
I. WATER SUPPLY
1. Water Supply for Mining Operations:
Per the application: For the first ten years of mining operations, the only proposed water use is for
dust suppression and possibly for imgation of revegetated areas. The initial water requirement
estimate is 30,000 gallons per day. All water to be used will be trucked onto the site. Bottled water
will be used for employees and portable toilets will be used for sanitation. It may become necessary
or prudent to construct a cistern or a lined pond to store water (Exhibit G).
WATER RIGHTS • GROUND WATER • PERMITTING • WATER SUPPLY PLANNING A C