PERMFILE61087

• Permit No: M2006034
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/30/2006
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review
• From: DMG cmr
• To: Mr. Joe Dorris
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Rule 6.3.5 Exhibit E- Man
Existing Disturbance: Please outline and label existing disturbances within and/or adjacent to
the permit boundary (e.g., previously mined areas, roads or excavations resulting from utility
construction) (Rule 6.3.5(2)(f)). What is the extent and nature of the existing disturbances?
While the application includes reference to the previously disturbed areas, knowing the full
extent of the pre-permit disturbance is useful in determining what the post mining landscape
would need to be. Including labeled pictures of the disturbed sites could be useful in this regard.
Topsoil: Please state the average or range of thickness of replaced topsoil by reclamation area or
phase (Rule 6.3.5(3)(e).
Rule 6.3.6 Exhibit F- List of Other Permits and Licenses Required
County Special Use Permit: Teller County has requested that the Division not issue a mine land
reclamation permit until the County has issued their County Special Use Permit. The Division is
not required to withhold the mine permit pending the County permit.
U.S. Forest Service permit: The Draft Plan of Operation was submitted along with the Division
applicant packet. The Division reviewed the Draft Plan of Operation attachment for consistency
with the Division permit application, and with one comment on affected acres noted above, the
two documents were found to be consistent (Memorandum of Understanding between the USFS
and Division 5/8/2004). If however, the Draft Plan of Operation were to change during the
USFS review process, those changes may need to be integrated into the Division reclamation
permit application.
Rule 6.3.7 Exhibit G- Source of Le ag 1 Right-to-Enter
Bureau of Land Management Load Claim: According to the Colorado BLM Information Access
Center the four claims that the reclamation permit application area is included in are all active
and under the Colorado Calumet name.
Forest Service Plan of Operation Approval: Under the Memorandum of Understanding between
the USFS and the Division the Division will not issue a mine reclamation permit until the
Operator has an approved USFS Plan of Operation. The Division considers an approved USFS
Plan of Operations as legal right to enter and to conduct and mining and reclamation activities on
the site. Without an approved Plan of Operation the Division would not have proof of a legal
right of enter, and would be required to deny the Division reclamation permit. If the USFS
approved Plan of Operations can not be obtained be the June ls`, 2006 decision date, you may
want to provide the Division with a waiver of the decision date allowing you time to obtain the
USFS Plan of Operation.
hi addition under the Memorandum of Understanding between the USFS and Division, the USFS
can provide input on the bond adequacy. This is significant if the draft Plan of Operation were to
change between the issuance of the Division reclamation permit and the approval of the Plan of
Operation. Those changes could impact the adequacy of the Division calculated bond. Also if
during the review process the Draft Plan of Operation were to change, it could impact the finding
of consistency (see above), and require the Operator to submit a Technical Revision or Permit
Amendment to the Division reclamation permit. If the changes to the Draft Plan of Operation