PERMFILE71167

• Permit No: M1999050
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/24/1999
• Doc Name: FN M-99-050 TIMNATH CONNELL PIT 112 DECISION LETTER CONDITIONS FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE WARRANTY RE
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• To: CONNELL RESOURCES
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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Deparlmem or ~Namral Resources
1313 Sherman Sl.. Room?15
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]%
FAX: [phone]
November 24, 1999
Mr. Richazd Connell
Connell Resources
4305 E. Harmony Rd.
Ft. Collins, CO 80525
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DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
B~II Owens
Governor
Greg E. OValcher
E.ecuuve Dueaor
Michael 8. Long
Dimaon Dkeclor
RE: File No. M-99-050, Timnath Connell Pit, 112c Decision Letter -Conditions, Financial and
Performance Warranty Request -Construction Material Operation
Dear Mr. Connell:
On September 22, 1999, the Division of Minerals and Geology approved your 112c mining permit
application. The conditions to the approval are noted below:
Stipulation No. Description
The Applicant must keep excavations at least two feet above the maximum groundwater
elevation until a Substitute Water Supply Plan is approved by the Office of the State
Engineer and proof of this approval is submitted to the Division.
2. If the depth of excavation exceeds 16 feet, and excavation is within 200 feet of any
significant, valuable, and permanent man-made structures not owned by the Operator,
the amount of required mining setback to the structure or right-of-way will be increased
as necessary to be two-times the depth of the excavation.
3. The total amount of financial warranty required for permit issuance is set at $510,198.00.
Upon the submittal and approval by the Division of a Technical Revision which
includes a set of standards and specifications and a quality assurance plan for the lining
of the pit the financial warranty will be recalculated.
4. The Operator shall mine and backfill the northeast comer of the permit azea prior to
mining activities in Phase 4. The crest of the backfill must be at least as high as the
adjacent undisturbed areas and must be at least 400 feet from the crest of the bank at
bank full stage of the Cache La Poudre River.
5. The Operator shall develop, in consultation with Mr. Swifr, a contingency plan for
assuring delivery of water to Mr. Swift, and shall submit the plan to the Division within
90 days of [he effective date of this Order. The Division shall have 60 days to review
the plan and decide on the plan's sufficiency.