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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECIAMAiION, h11NING AND SAFETY '- <br />fMp.ai't!rnl n1 Ndl~, mtl Rr.rnnt rs <br />I it 4 S!u vn'.,el tit Roum ! I a <br />L6•nvr!, l-~!6 u.id~.i 811;01 <br />r'hnnr. • iU I) flh!> lab: <br />l 4h~. ! {U t1 Nt:~Rt Ob <br />I'O: bile No. ~4-It)'7-i42 <br />PROM: :~Ilrn Sulrnsun . <br />~; <br />t., ttl It IlA ll ll <br />r!II!+r. ~•i <br />RFC l.A,~tATION <br />MINING <br />- & -- <br />\AFET1' <br />Bdl <br />Gr~. <br />N~t <br />law u..»n. <br />..nnv <br />yll GA!rJp. <br />« n <br />!21 <br />~ <br />i <br />n <br />Hau <br />ltn l <br />v.~!, ~ <br />, <br />. <br />. <br />b) .'. ~ . . „ <br />+~.r <br />.L~ .. r..!,,. <br />K@': .SYaar.cnflhe.lmr•nrhue•rrr:l~llir•r,~ir„r, (7inr2r,tlolt•Ade•nrrnr ('ourpui{I'. <br />/IrnJi•r•vnn .i1Qrr• and :7lill, Pr•rnril . l rnr•ndrnr•nr : i;il-OS, I'i!e :~'o, :1 /-! y "- ~•!? <br />Antendntrnt :\\i-(tj to the I Icnclcrson Honed land rcclantaUUn permit .vas ti+und to he a contpletc <br />application un May I _'. _'Ull(+ b)' the Dn tspm of Ming°als end Geulus;y (I)Ml i), no\\ known as the <br />I )ivtsion of Reclanndion. ~1ining, :uui tiafrt} I l)RIv1ti1. fhe purpose ul tic ;uncndntrm is clescribcd in <br />scctiutt 2.(I of lire application as Ibllo\v,: <br />l . Cun'ccl the ;~I lcclcd Laud huunclan' :utcl increase lire lnlal ulli clrcl acres to 3ha7 acres by the <br />adLlilion ul't)7 ;tors of udditiun:tl huficr a1 the mill site. \Vithin the present huller acres and the <br />added acres, llendcrsen Intend, to cortsiruct an uhinutte interceptor canal above the tailings <br />impoundntcnl. <br />2. Delete Ltl acres tiom the total ;\ficcted I-and [hut encornpas..es the Seta 1-:ncr~y rtscment. <br />3. Acknowledge the post-mining land use possibility th:d I Icudcnun nary he awanlrtl the National <br />Ucrp I ndorgruund Sctertcc and L•nginecr7ng Lahor:dory (I)L'JI,I.I al the mine site. <br />Given the litrrguntg I;mguaRr, in particular the secornl sentence el'tlem number one, it wns assumed by <br />the OIt~15, and tndccd by the Applicant, that approval ol~:\.\I-ttS \v;ts Healed bcli+rc runstnlctiun ul the <br />ultimate inlrrrcptur r:nwl could begin. <br />In srrtinn ?? of the amendntcnt application it is suuecl, in part <br />...1lcudcrson is not seeking spcc•ilic approval of the ruxll under Iltis Antrttdntcnt. I Icnclcrson <br />considers ibis preposed interccphrr canal to be an I:nvimnntcnuti I'rolcclion farilil}' (I•,PI 1 per dtc. <br />Gnvironnuntul 1'rotcctiun Platt rclcrunccd in Iahlhit'I'. :\s such. I lenclerson mill subnlil the plans <br />and sperilicatiuns lire the• F,PI under separa0.• co\er as rcyuired by Rulr'.? ol'the Minertl Rules <br />and Regulauuns oPthe ('elor:ule ~9inrd I-and Reclam:dlon Board lire I I;trd Rock, Metal and <br />I)csignatrd Jlining Opcl'ations (Rulcsl. <br />1 he pl:uts and ytccilications tier the ullim:ur inlrreeph)r canal were subnnned u> l)RMS in .lone _'tlnh and <br />\\crc rcvic\vcd uudrr technical re\ isiim I R-Ila to the I Icnclcrson reclamation perntil. The pl:ms and <br />spccilications were approved by a Dlt\11 letter dated July 18. !UU6. -that letter staled "~ a ~nul 1'emtit <br />.Antendntrnt AI\I-I); is :Ippruvcd. construction mu,t he limited to the ntrrent approval nncl hondecl area ul <br />affected land." A meeting hehvecn I Icnclcrson and I)R\IS was held on July 2u. 'nttb to discuss thts <br />rendition placed un the approval of the canal plans and speciliculiens. Issrntially. the purpose of that <br />ntecnng was to pose :uul discuss resolution of the litllot\ink two yucstiuns: <br />! ~,.,,. I <br />olb, ~ ..; <br />Afintd Lm!J Rot lun.tlutn Active aM Inactive hlmtx <br />