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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depamnent of Natural Rewunxs <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phase: (303) 866.3567 <br />FAX: (303) 9324106 <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />MIN RALS <br />GEO~OGY <br />Bill Owcu <br />MEMO °°~"°r <br />ltuoell George <br />fnxvlh~e Dinxmr <br />INFORMATION, MINERALS PROGRAM Ito~alew.cmm,y <br />Drvle+on Dinxmr <br />Whom It May Concern Natl`"~"°°""°`T"°`~ <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology <br />October 2, 2001 <br />Revised October 19, 2001, August 2, 2004, and January 12, 2006 <br />Guide to Citizen Participation in the 112 Reclamation Permit Application Process <br />for ConsUuction Material and Hard Rock/Metal Mining Operations <br />Thank you for taking the time to tie involved in the State of Colorado's process of reviewing <br />applications for new mining operations or amendments to existing permits. The purpose of this <br />memo is to explain the 112 Reclamation Permit application process for construction material <br />and hard rock/metal mining operations, your rights as either a party or anon-party, and the <br />jurisdiction of the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or the Board). <br />BACKGROUND <br />Authori .The Minerals Program of the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG or the Division) <br />and the Board operate under the provisions of the Construction Materials Act 'If the application is <br />for the extraction of construction materials or the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act for non- <br />construction materials such as gold molybdenum and others (the Ads). Construction materials <br />include rode, Gay, silt, sand, gravel, limestone, dimension stone, marble or shale extracted for <br />use in the production of nonmetallic construction products. The Acts are available at our Web <br />site at httD://www.mining.state.co.us/rulesandreas.htm, or Title 34, Articles 32 and 32.5 of the <br />Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS), which may lie accessed through the state web site, <br />The Ads were passed by the Colorado Legislature, and the Board has developed rules and <br />regulations that determine how the Division administers the Acts. The rules and regulations are <br />also available on the Division's Web site, and are officially titled the °Mineral Rules and <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the ExUaction of Construction <br />Materials" (Construction Materials Rules) and "Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rode, Metal and Designated Mining Operations" (Hard <br />Rock/Metal Mines Rules). <br />Office of <br />Office of <br />Colorado <br />