2006-12-01_REVISION - M1977424

• Permit No: M1977424
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/1/2006
• Doc Name: PAR
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Water & Land, Inc.
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 1, 2006
Mr. Bruce D, Smith
Western Water and Land, Inc.
743 Horizon Court, Suite 330

UtC 0 4 2006
Division ofa d Sa tY n
Mining

Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 /
RE: Logan Wash, Permit No, M-1977-424, Amendment No. 1 Preliminary Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Smith:
COLORADO
D I VISION O F
RECLAMATION
M[NING
SAE ETY
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Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Direttor
Natural Resource Trustee
DRMS completed the preliminary adequacy review of your application for Amendment No. 1 (AM-01) to Permit No.
M-1977-424 for the Logan Wash mine site. The application cannot be approved until the following issues are
adequately addressed. Please submit a response to the following issues as soon as possible, but no later than
12:00 Noon on December 4, 2006 so the decision due date set for 4:00 p.m. December 4, 2006 can be met. If you
cannot respond by 12:00 Noon on December 4, 2006 please submit a written request for extension of the decision
date. If your response, or an extension request, are not received by 12:00 Noon on December 4, 2006 this
application may be denied. DRMS apologizes for the late date of this adequacy review.
ADEQUACY ISSUES
1. Please either submit BLM approval of the plan to weld the covers on the manholes or revise the
reclamation plan to provide for removal of the manhole collars to a minimum 2 feet below ground
surface, backfill the hole with inert fill, replace topsoil and revegetate per the plan specifications.
2. Please include a commitment to submit results of TCLP tests on the manhole sump sediments,
evaporation pond precipitate, and pond/pipeline water (if any to be disposed of) and secure DRMS
approval of methods for disposal, prior to initiating clean-up and disposal operations.
3. Please provide proof of publication and mailing of notices to all landowners on or within 200 feet of the
proposed affected area.
4. All maps must be signed and dated by the qualified preparer.
5. Please submit either a demonstration that the retort water will be decontaminated enough to meet
applicable surface water and/or ground water standards, within 5 years of this date or submit a
proposed plan of action to either decontaminate the retorts or prevent (or at least minimize) water from
contacting spent shale as it passes through the retorts.
6. Please submit specifications and costs for acquisition (lease or purchase), installation, operation, and
removal of a treatment facility for the retort water discharge. (including periodic sludge removal, or filter
pack replacement and disposal). The time frame for the water treatment bond to be required is the
estimated 5 years it will take to complete reclamation and revegetation of the Logan Wash site. The
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has jurisdiction over the quality of
water that may be discharged from a treatment plant throughout the period of the plant's operation. If
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