2003-04-02_REVISION - M1994097

• Permit No: M1994097
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/2/2003
• Doc Name: Second Adequacy Review
• From: DMG
• To: Oldcastle SW Group Inc. dba United Companies of Mesa County
• Type & Sequence: AM2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (/
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
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April 2, 2003 ~/
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DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Mr. Richard Johnson Greg E Watcher
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc dba United Companies of Mesa County ~ ExecuUVe Director
P. Q. BOx 3609 Ronald W. Cattany
Grand junction, Colorad/o 81502 Acting Division Director
RE: Spring Creek Pit, Permit No. M-1994-097, Amendment No. 2 Second Adequacy Review `~
Dear Mr. Johnson:
DMG has completed the preliminary adequacy review of your application far Amendment Nd. 2 (AM-02) to
Permit No. M-1994-097. The application cannot be approved until the following issues are adequately
addressed. Please submit a response to the following issues by 4:00 PM today. If you cannot respond
by 4:00 PM today please submit a written request for extension of the decision date. If your response, or an
extension request, are not received by 4:00 PM today this application may be denied. Because of the
amount of material required to be addressed so this application meets the requirements of the Mined Land
Reclamation Act and the Construction Materials Rules and Regulations, DMG suggests that any decision due
date extension request be for no less than 30 days.
The issues below are numbered as they were in the Preliminary Adequacy Review.
ADEQUACY ISSUES
1. Please submit proof that S and R Delta Partners LLLP received a copy of the public notice
specified in Rule 1.6.2(1)(e). The copy of notice to Qwest Communications indicates it was
received by Owest on March 21, 2003. Without a waiver of the 20 day comment period, by
Qwest, DMG cannot approve AM-02. The earliest date we could approve the application would
be April 10, 2003.
2. Response acceptable.
Exhibit C -Mine Plan Mao
3. Please ensure all adjacent landowner, easement holder and permanent man-made structure
owners are noted on this map. Features identified during the pre-operational inspection that are
still not shown on the application map include:
• The phone junction box located on the south side of LaSalle Road directly across from the
access road entrance;
• the fence that runs south from iYs connection with the east-west fence on the south side of
LaSalle Road, near power pole no. 1 (as noted on the latest map submittal);
• the overhead powerlines and possibly one power pole on each side of power pole no. 1,
along the south side of LaSalle Road;
• the buried power lines that connect to the power junction box located on the east side of
the new access road, near the north end.