PERMFILE55109

• Permit No: M2007038
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/20/2007
• Doc Name: Adequacy review of the application
• From: DRMS
• To: Weld County Public Works
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY r/
Department of Natural Rewurces
7373 Sherman St., Room 215
benver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
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SAFETY
September 20, 2007 v~
Mr. David Bauer
Weld County Public Works //
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
RE: Adequacy Review of the Application F scus North Pit, File No. M-2007-038
Dear Mr. Bauer:
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Dinacror
Ronald W. Cattany
Division DireROr
Natural Resource Trustee
Personnel turnover at the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DBMS) has resulted in a delay in
the processing of the above referenced permit application, and for that we sincerely apologize. Please rest
assured that DBMS will promptly process the application from this day forward. You may have already
received or shortly will receive, under sepazate cover, a letter instructing you to initiate public notice of the
application. In order to allow time for public and government agency comment on the application following
the public notice, the decision date for the Fiscus North Pit is hereby reestablished as November 30, 2007.
DBMS may be able to make a decision prior to November 30, depending on your responses to the issues
listed below and the nature of any comments received, but cannot make a decision prior to the close of the
public comment period.
Issues Related to the Adequacy of the Application:
1. The notarization on page 8 (the signature page) of the application must be corrected. The original page
8 is enclosed for modification. If the original notary public Zelma S. Wahl is available, have her fill in
the "of' blank (highlighted) in the notary block with "Weld County Public Works" and initial the
change. If the original notary is not available, then the page must be completely re-executed.
2. Please clarify whether or not any part of the permit area is within the West Greeley Conservation
District. If the answer is yes, you must send a notice of the application to the District and provide
DBMS proof that the notice was given. Proof of notice shall be in the form of a return receipt of a
certified mailing or adate-stamped copy of the notice acknowledging receipt by the District. A form for
the notice is enclosed.
3. It is indicated in the application that notice ofthe application was posted at the proposed pit location.
However, the required certification that the notice was posted has not been provided. Please complete
the certification form (enclosed) and return it to DBMS.
4. Exhibit N to the application, Source of Legal Right to Enter, is in the form of an access letter signed by
the landowners. The content of the letter is acceptable, but DBMS requires that the signatures be
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