ENFORCE21648

• Permit No: M1985003
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 2/21/2007
• Doc Name: RTB ltr withdrawal
• From: DRMS ajw
• To: Running Creek Ranch
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1373 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 21, 2007
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAF ETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Mr. Joseph Freund Natural Resource Trustee
Running Creek Ranch
15460 E. Batavia Dr.
Aurora, Colorado 80011
RE: Freund Pit, 112(c) Permit, Permit No. M-1985-003; Withdrawal of Reason to Believe a
Violation Exists and Notice of Re-inspection
Dear Mr. Freund,
This correspondence is in reference to the Reason to Believe (RTB) letters that were sent to you
by the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety on January 11, 2007. These letters explain
that, as a result of the findings during an inspection conducted on March 23, 2006, there were
continued problems at this permit site. As of the date these RTB letters were sent out, these
problems remained «nresolved.
At this time, the Division has made the determination to withdraw this matter from consideration
by the Mined Land Reclamation Board. In addition, due to personnel changes at the Division,
this permit has been reassigned to a different specialist. The operator will be contacted by Deb
Gonima (303-866-4179) to schedule a time to re-inspect this site within 60 days of the date of
this letter.
It is highly recommended that the operator resolve the issues detailed below to the satisfaction of
the Division prior to this re-inspection.
The issues remaining and resolution recommendations are as follows:
1. Issue: Affected area within the mine pemtit boundaries was not well-mazked - in possible
violation of Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Board for the Extraction of Construction Materials (Rule 3.1.12(2): "The boundaries of
the affected area will be mazked by monuments or other markers that are cleazly visible
and adequate to delineate such boundaries.")
a. Possible Resolution: Accurately mark the permit the boundaries of the affected
area with adequate and clearly visible monuments.
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grartd Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines