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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman S[., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 60203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832$106 <br />January 6, 2003 <br />OLORADO <br />I V[ S I O N O F <br />IN SRALS <br />EOLOGY <br />]LAMATION•MININO <br />EAFETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Mr. Brad Janes <br />Greg E, Walther <br />Varra Companies, IRC. Executive Director <br />8120 Gage Street Ronald W. Cattany <br />Frederick, CO 80516 Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />RE: Adequacy Review Comments -Durham Pit, Regular 112 Amendment Application <br />Class: Revision, Type-Seq.: AM-1, Permit No. M-1978-056 <br />Dear Brad: <br />Listed below are adequacy review comments on the above-captioned Regular 112 Amendment <br />application submitted by Varra Companies, Inc. (VCI) on November 13, 2003. The decision date <br />for your application is scheduled for February 11, 2004. Therefore, I would appreciate a <br />response from you on or before January 30, 2004. (Your response should include two (2) <br />copies). Any public comments that we receive on your application during the interim will be <br />forwazded to you. Please note that the Division has already received several letters of objection <br />to your proposed amendment application and has forwazded these letters to you. Unless these <br />objections are resolved and withdrawn, the Division will schedule apre-Hearing Conference in <br />January and will issue a recommended decision on February 11, 2004. The Division will also <br />schedule a Formal Public Hearing before the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Boazd at the <br />February 25-26, 2004 Board Meeting. Please be advised that your amendment application may <br />be deemed inadequate and the Division may recommend a decision of denial on February 11, <br />2004 unless the following adequacy review items aze addressed to the satisfaction of the <br />Division. <br />6.4.4 EXHIBIT D -Mining Plan <br />1. Page 2 of the amendment application form lists fuel, lubricants, and absorbents to be used or <br />stored within the permit area. Please provide a Spill Containment, Control, & Countermeasures <br />Plan that addresses how groundwater resources will be protected in the event of a leak or spill of <br />fuel, lubricants, or absorbents. <br />2. The applicant has mentioned that approved final Building Permits have been obtained for a <br />concrete batch plant, wet processing plant, shop, yazd and supporting fuel depots, and related <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />