PERMFILE45828

• Permit No: M2007006
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/9/2007
• Doc Name: Adequacy Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: TMS Consulting
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 9, 2007
Mr. Tim Scanlon
TMS Consulting
46125 County Road T 1
P .O. BOX 53
Saguche, CO 81149
RE: M-2007-006 112 "Permit application Adequacy letter.
Dear Mr. Scanlon
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
M[NING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division has reviewed your 112 permit application and has the following comments.
The application proposes to permit a total of 282 acres. Of which 32 acres are through
the incorporation of two 111 permits, M-1997-042 & Id-1998-081. The area also consists
of some pre- law affected acres that will be mined and reclaimed under the proposed 112
application.
I) Exhibit "A", "B" &"C". Adequate.
II) Exhibit "D" Mining plan.
A) Under the mining plan you stated,"a total of 7 phase areas are planned to mine
200 acres maximum planned acres". However, your Exhibit "C" MINING PLAN MAP shows
a total of 250 acres in seven phases. Does it mean the rest of the acreage that
includes the two 111 permits will not be mined but will be used as staging and
only reclamation activities? Please explain.
B) The applicant states," the maximum affected area will be 25 acres. xowever, under
Phase I, the applicant proposes to affect 30 acres in addition to the per-law
disturbance of 30 acres, which is being proposed to be mined and reclaimed.
Please explain.
C) On the next page, the applicant states, "Only 10 aces or less will be disturbed
in the subsequent phase Acres #2-7.It is a bit unclear if the operator is going
to affect a maximum of 10 acres in phases 2 thru 7. If such is the case, does the
10 acres include the 5 acres of staging area proposed for each phase? Please
explain.
D) It is the understanding of the Division that this will be a dry operation and
only screening and crushing will be the only activities that will be performed on
site.
III) Exhibit "E" Reclamation Plan
A) The applicant states," reclamation will be concurrent and limited to a maximum of
10 acres disturbance in all phased acres. Please refer to item "D" under the
above exhibit.
B) Under the reclamation plan you stated that"all phased areas will be mined as
fully as possible from one area to the next leaving a uniform slope & topography
and slope across phase area boundaries". Does it mean then in Phase #s 2 thru 7,
with the exception of the five acres staging areas, all the additional acres will
be mined. If such is the case, the amount of acres affected by mining will be
more than 10 acres for each phase. Pleas explain.
C) The applicant states,"spur roads will be graded on the original surface into the
separate phase areas as necessary from the existing site road. Spur roads may
remain at the land owners rPmtP CY hrt o hP wis will he reclaimed and seeded when
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