2003-05-14_REVISION - M1977342

• Permit No: M1977342
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/14/2003
• Doc Name: Notice of Pre-hearing conference
• From: DMG
• To: Clear Creek County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: AM4
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

MEMORY TRANSMISSION REPORT
PAGE :001
TIN¢ :MAY-14-03 23:31
TEL NUNBERI: [phone]
NAME :Colorado division
of Minerals & Geolaev
FILE NUMBER 750
DATE MAY-i4 23:28
TO : 53036792440
DOCUMENT PAGES 005
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STATUS ~ OK
FILE NUNBER :750 *** SUCCESSFUL TX NOTICE ***
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DIVISION OF MINEMLS ANO GEOLOGY
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TO: Atiac Beicrla. Henderson Minc and Mill (via moit and smoFl> ao.... om
Bill GtttY - ' County Plazuaing (vsa mail ¢ndf¢xJ ~~ °~,~ of ~. f
Patricia Hcsch, US Forest Sarvicc (vt¢ m¢tl ¢ndfax) _
Clear Craelc County Conamissionera (ta¢ mail, einotl, ¢ndr¢x) o1-u~ o' env
Char Crcclc Eoonoraic Development Corp. (via mail ¢sad fos) Nnw.=' ~^"`°' T^'^~'
Tom Rosa, Attorney General's O$-iee (via sm¢ilJ
Sandy Brown_ Division of Miattrals sad Gwlogy (S.f¢ smart)
CC: Carl Mount, Division of Miaorals and Geology (via sm¢FIJ
FROM: Allen Sorenson ~~
RSc Summary of rle~/`Amii endmsne ApDlical'FOn.ps+mFrAmandm.snr Nlli-04. 8sn drrson
Mina and MFll F:TFm cMolybclannm COmp¢ny, PSF•m it Na lK--2977343
A pre-hcariag conference for Henderson Mina and Mill permit amendment AM-04 will be held oa
Tuesday. May 20, 2003 at 1:30 pm in the County Comraisaioaar's h ^-~° room and tlaa Grand
County Courthouse is Hot Sulphur Sprirags- This metooraud•Lm provides a summary and update o£
the sYatu9 of the permit amendment application
laitially, the amendment application requested approval o£aa altaraativc reclamation plea for the
tailing impouadmaat where a See waiec PorLd would occupy the wcatarn 70 paraenL of tba
imPOUndmcnt with the r tea.. -r.g 30 Pcrcmt o£thc imPouadutcnt and the dam face coveL,ed with
plant growth media and rcvegctated m rangeland. D3acussiotue between Hoadexsoa and the Division
of Minerals and Geology (DMOj leading up to the subtnittat of the amendnacnt application
specifically addressed the iacorporatioa of the wet cover into the reclamation potmit as beizag both
alYCmauvo to the previously approved reclamation plan and conceptual in astute- Thin is because
until designs addreasing the engineering and hydrologic issues involved is a wet cover reclamation
groj act era prepared by Henderson, end reviewed and accepted by DMG there can ba t'LO zoasonable
assurarace that the project will bo implemaatcd or cum ~ asib ic_ Altcavative reclamation pleas are
addressed in the Hard ltoelc/Metal t~.ta^I~° Ru1cs sad Rcgulatioas o£tbe Mined Laad Reclamation
Board at rule 6-4.5(2j(bj_ Vader thin ragutaHOa, uati2 such rims that the implementation oP trio
alternative post *++ - a land use is reasottably assured, the existing plan remains the paimaiy plan
tot 3mplcmentadoa,~aad is the plan upon which the amnvnt of reclamation bond le established. As a
result, Haudernoa is required to implement the dry cover plan tindl such simc Yhat a wet cover plan
easy be approved and propscly boadsd. Coasideretioa of a ~..-st o° yr pier, ...ili be tkarovgta the
permit amendment process including public aodco and cite opportu~ry to provide coaLmeats.
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