2006-01-17_REVISION - M1980193

• Permit No: M1980193
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/17/2006
• Doc Name: Response to Request and Petition for Party Status
• From: DMG hhp
• To: Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Mgmt District
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Departrnent of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 17, 2006
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
EEC LANATION•NINING
EAFETT•aC1ENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive DlrMOr
Dean Goss, President Rorela w. Gattany
Division Director
Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District Naturzl Resource Trustee
520 Colorado Avenue, Suite C
Calhan, CO 80808
RE: Response to Request and Petition for Party Status; Rocky Mountain Materials, LLC, Sokol Pit,
AM-Ol, M-1980-193
Deaz Mr. Dean,
Thank you for your two letters of January 2, 2006, both of which were received by fax. One letter
requested an explanation as to why the Upper Black Creek Ground Water Management District (District)
was not notified of the Sokol Pit Amendment. The other, a petition to the Mined Land Reclamation
Board (Boazd) for Party Status to the upcoming hearing, contained objections and an attachment that
appears to describe the District's purpose and legal authorities. I will attempt address the Division's
position regarding both documents in this lt;tter.
Requirements for public notice of new permit applications and amendments are described in section 1.6 of
the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the Extraction of
Construction Materials. The obligations of the Division of Minerals and Geology (the Division or the
Office) and the Applicant or Operator to notify certain agencies and entities aze identified in this section.
The Rules require that either the Division or the Applicant send notice of the proposed operation to the
County within which the operation is to be located, municipalities within 2 miles, the Boazd of County
Commissioners, the Boazd of Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District if the proposed operation lies
within such a district, owners of record of all surface and mineral rights of the affected land, and owners
of record of all land surface within 200 feet of the boundary of the affected lands. Notice of the proposed
operation is to be posted at the site and published in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of
the proposed mining operation. A copy of the proposed permit or amendment is to be posted at the
County Clerk and Recorders Office. In addition, during the adequacy review period, the office may
designate other owners of record who may be affected by the proposed mining operation, and thus compel
the applicant to notify such owners of record. This includes, for instance, owners of record of easements
and of permanent manmade structures.
In addition, the Division issues notices to other agencies either by policy, by any of several Memoranda of
Understanding, or by prior request agreed to by the Division or the Board. These include, but may not be
limited to the Division of Wildlife, Division of Water Resources, CDPHE (Air Pollution Control Unit;
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Rxlamation Active and Inactive Mines Geotogiwl Survey