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Permit#:_t%1- I ~(Q~~-I'7(~ Confidental?: <br />Class: 1 ~ Type-Seq.: <br />From: ~ fYl (r <br />Doc. Name: ~ it q.~,~ <br />Doc. Date (if no date stamp): l ~ l1-a ~l- <br />January 17, 2004 <br />Mr. Berhan Keffelew <br />Colorado Div. of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Comments on your AdequacXReview of January 12, 2004 for Amendment No. 3, <br />Sneer Minine Resource Permit No. M-1983-176 <br />Dear Berhan: <br />In order to complete the referenced amendment process through the Division of Minerals <br />and Geology for our Speer Mining Resource site, I am responding to your adequacy <br />review with this letter. I will comment on your statements with regard to the individual <br />DMG "Exhibits" in the order presented in your referenced letter: <br />1. Urban Drainage and Flood Control (not contained in your referenced letter, but <br />sent to me via fax on 1-12-04. This same letter was sent to Adams County, as the <br />issues really concern only the County): <br />• The Floodplain Use Permit (FUP) is a document that is a permitted use <br />given by Adams County and not the State of Colorado. This permit is still <br />in the development stage as there have been many technical issues to <br />overcome. The mining will progress on the AM-3 area prior to the final <br />issuance of the FUP, as the amendment azea is far from the South Platte <br />River, but the FUP will be obtained in a timely manner this yeaz. <br />• The backfilled lower bench (Area 2) was only completely backfilled this <br />past Fall. No final grading, final topsoiling or seeding has taken place. <br />This will be accomplished this Spring (2004) as shown on the submitted <br />annual report for this site. The area has only a slight grade towazds the <br />river and no erosion is occurring or will occur. As stated in the second <br />amendment for this permit, there was a mistake in the original amendment <br />to this permit (AM-1) that showed the lower bench area to contain <br />"wetland plants" as part of final reclamation on the reclamation plan map <br />(Exhibit F). However, the bench was to be backfilled to the grade <br />previous to mining. There never was any wetland vegetation on this point <br />baz, and backfilling to grade would not allow wetland plants to establish, <br />as the grade will be 5-6 ft. above the water table. The reclamation text <br />(Exhibit E) in the first amendment to this permit (Februazy 2000) never <br />