PERMFILE50785

• Permit No: M2000113
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/29/2000
• Doc Name: ROARING FORK RESOURCES MAMM CREEK APPLICATION NO M-2000-113
• From: DMG
• To: SCHMUESER GORDON MEYER INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman BI., Room ?15
Denver. Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX 1303) 83:-8106
November 29, 2000
Mr. Jeffrey S. Simonson P.E.
Schmueser Gordon Meyer, Inc.
118 W. 6'h Ste 200
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
RE: Roaring Fork Resources, Mamm Creek Application No. IVI-2000-113
Dear Mr. Simonson:
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bil I O+rens
Governo,
Greg E. watcher
E+ecmive Dheaor
Michael 8. loop
Division Ducuor
In response to your letter received on November 3, 2000 on behalf of the City of RiFle, concerning the Mamm
Creek permit application the Division is providing the following information.
l.) The Division is in the process of reviewing [he application and has prepared two adequacy
review documents concerning Hydrologic Issues and Geomorphic Stability Issues. Additional
issues concerning wildlife, threatened and endangered species and the heron rookery will be
addressed by the Division. Copies of our two adequacy review documents are enclosed. The
Division may have other adequacy issues depending on the answers that are received from [he
applicant.
In response to item I in your letter you mention that you anticipate [hat Roaring Fork Resources
will need to acquire all of the listed permits prior to any approvals from the Division of
Minerals and Geology (the Division). Please note [ha[ the Division and the Mined Land
Reclamation Board (MLRB only have authority to regulate mining and reclamation activities
and not other permits or approvals regulated and enforced by other government agencies.
The MLRB regulations only require [he applicant to list other permits and licenses required for
its mining operation. See Rule 6.3.6. However, it is the operation of the laws governed by
other governmental agencies that may require the applicant to acquire additional approvals or
permits. The applicant need not acquire these approvals or permits prior to issuance of a mining
reclamation permit.
In response to item 8 of your letter, the "Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the extraction of
Construction Materials" 34-32.5-101 etc seq, under 34-32.5-117(4)(a) states "The Board shall
prescribe the amount and duration of financial warranties, taking into account the nature, extent,
and duration of the proposed mining operation and the magnitude, type, and estimated cost of
planned reclamation." In addition 34-32.5-I 17(4)(a) states in part "A financial warranty shall
be sufficient to assure the completion of reclamation of affected lands..." The Act in 34-32.5-
103 defines "Affected Land" as "The surface of an area within the Stale where a mining
operation is being or will be conducted, which surface is disturbed as a result of an operation."
The act does not make any provision for bonding for off-site (downstream properties) impacts.
However, Section 34-32.5-116(4)(h) does require that "Disturbances to the prevailing
hydrologic balance of the affected land and the surrounding area and to the quality and quantity
of water in surface and groundwater systems, both during and after the minine operation and
during reclamation, shall be minimized." The Division will take appropriate measures to