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~II'I~~I~II~I~~~ ~~~ • 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmem of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman 51 . Room ?75 Den.~er, Colorado 80]03 Phone: 17037 866-3567 E4.Y. 13031 83?87 06 RECEIVED March 30, 1998 Mr. Jim Friedley 7036 CR 521 Bayfield CO 81122 APR 0 6 1996 Division of Minerals 6 Geology ~_ DENVER OFFICE ~~~ PUBLIC FIL E COPY FILE: ~ _g,~ DEPARTMENT OF SITE: ~Q,.~ NATURAL RESOURCES L1•.n_- n ' `IOW YIOC(~,~~~ .t ' Roy Romer ~ -~ / ~ governor James 5 Lochhead Exec W ive Dueaor hli~hael B. Long Diririon Direulor Re: Public Response to Amendment AM-03, $ayfield Pit #l, Permit M-87-038 Dear Mr. Friedley, This office has received your letter of public comment in response to the above-named amendment application. It vas received prior to the end of the public comment period. The letter asks about several issues which are under the Division's jurisdiction, and I will attempt to answer those for you below. There are also numerous questions raised which refer to non-jurisdictional subjects, and I will identify those below. Due to the fact that you have responded to this office, through your letter of public comment, I must ask you specifically about the nature of your questions. When a letter of "complaint" or "objection" is received during the public comment period, the Division is obligated to set into motion a different process for reviewing issues and the decision making for the application. It also involves the scheduling of t~vo conferences, at which the public objector is a party, followed by a final hearing, at which the Board will make a decision on the application. These take place during a statutori]y extended decision period. Therefore, I must know if you are simply looking to obtain detailed information about the existing and amended permit, or are you actually objecting to the amendment application? Please respond to me at your earliest opportunity, since I must begin to schedule any necessary conferences and hearings very soon. If the issues raised in your letter are not objections, may I ask you to please provide a letter stating such, or that these issues are being withdrawn? If any of your issues are to be considered objections, it may be beneficial to streamline them as a group by eliminating those over which this Division has no authority. Below, I have arranged my responses to correspond to the numbers of your questions. 1. Though the final land use is identified as rangeland, there is indeed a pond proposed within the larger of the two amendment areas. The bond for the entire permit will be recalculated during this amendment review process, and will include all reclamation tasks, for all separate land use areas.