PERMFILE55311

• Permit No: M2002096
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/22/2002
• Doc Name: Decision Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Ranch Land LLC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Permittee: Ranch Land, LLC
PERFORMANCE WARRAN"1'Y
Operation: Ranch Land Rock Pit #1
Permit No: M-2002-096
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Aging Division Director
WHEREAS, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-32-101 et sec . (the "Act"), as
amended, and the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials,
C.R.S. 34-32.5-101 et sec . (the "Act"), as amended, provides that no permit may be issued under the Act until
the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd (the "Board") receives a performance warranty (or warranties) that is a
written promise to comply with all applicable requirements of the Act.
WHEREAS, Ranch Land, LLC (the "Permittee"), has applied for a permit to conduct a mining
operation known as Ranch Land Rock Pit #1 (the "Operation") on certain lands in Fremont County, Colorado.
These lands aze described in the permit application, as amended and supplemented, and are referred to herein
as the "Affected Lands".
WHEREAS, in its application for the permit, the Permittee has agreed to be bound by all requirements
of the Act and all applicable rules and regulations of the Boazd, as amended from time to time.
WHEREAS, the Boazd has determined, in accordance with the Act, that the estimated costs of
-reclamation with regard to those affected lands In Fremont County which are now or magbecome subject to
the permit aze those amounts for the stated periods of time as set forth in the financial warranty, which maybe
amended from time to time to reflect revised estimates of said costs of reclamation.
WHEREAS, the Permittee hereby gives the Boazd a performance warranty pursuant to
Section 34-32-117(2) or Section 34-32.5-117(2) of the Act, and herein promises the Boazd that it will comply
with all applicable requirements of the Act with regazd to those Affected Lands.