ENFORCE24757

• Permit No: M1977231
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 11/2/1984
• Doc Name: LBC BENTONITE PIT FN 77-231
• From: MLRD
• To: FIRST BENTONITE CO OF COLO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISLON
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Richard D. Lamm
Governor
November 2, 1984
Mr. Bob Wedige
First Bentonite Company of Colorado
215 Teller
Salida, Colorado 81201
RE: L.B.C. Bentonite Pit -File No. 77-231
After the departure of Mike Stanton from our employ, I have made an attempt to
resolve some of the unfinished problems upon which he was working. The
situation as concerned the succession of operators and the missing file for
the L.B.C. Bentonite Pit was one such item. I think I have satisfactorily
resolved this problem.
First of all, I located the permit file for this operation among some
materials separate from our main files. An examination of this file showed
that although the Mined Land Reclamation Board had approved the permit
application for this operation on March 28, 1979, the First Land Company of
Howard had never submitted financial warranty, and thus, no permit for the
operation had ever tieen issued.
I discussed this situation with our Division Director and he said that, in his
opinion, our Division has received a document transferring the right to
receive a permit to your company, and we have also received the proper
financial and performance warranties. Therefore, he felt that a permit for
this operation should be issued to you as of the effective date of the Board's
approval of the succession from the First Land Company of Howard to your
company.
Thus, enclosed pease find a copy of the signed succession of operators form
(the original to remain in our file), and two signed copies of the mining and
reclamation permit for the L.B.C. Bentonite Pit, issued as of August 23,
1984. Please sign each copy in the space indicated, having your signature
notarized in each case. Then, retain one permit copy for your files and
return the other to our Division offices within two weeks.
Please review this permit document carefully. The legal description is for an
eight-acre operation at the description given in the orginal application and
clarified during adequacy correspondence between the original applicant and
our Division staff. All of the original application materials, as well as the
subsequent adequacy submittals, are considered an integral part of your permit
and are incorporated by reference. If you cannot secure a copy of all of
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