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~ • iii i~iiiiiiniiiiii ~,~ 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmenl of Nawral Resources 1 ] 17 Sherman Sl., Room 715 Denver, Colorario 80207 Phone: 130]) 8667567 FA%: (JO)1 A)2-8106 May 5, 1995 Mr. Allen S. Weaver Mine Engineer Energy Fuels Mining Company P.O. Box 449 Florence, Colorado 81226 Re: Raton Creek Mines (C-82-055): Technical Revision No. 17 Postmining Structures Dear Mr. Weaver: ~~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Roy Romcr Governq tames 5. Lochhead Ezecetive Director Michael B. Long Division Director The Division has reviewed Energy Fuels Mining Company's responses to the Division's adequacy concerns identified in our March 21, 1995 letter with regard to Technical Revision No. 17 and proposes to grant partial approval of this revision. Items that Energy Fuels has resolved with this submittal include; confirmation of the length of the Starkville Gulch Permanent Diversion Culvert at 701 feet, and inclusion of a letter from San Isabel Power Company verifying ownership and maintenance of the remaining power lines and poles within the permit area- Items from the Division's March 21, 1995 letter that Energy Fuels has requested be resolved at a later date include; reclassification and retention of the pond light use road and the powder magazine road (Item No. 9), culmination of reclamation estimate costs (Item No. 10), and submittal of updated Map 12 and a certified copy of Map 17-] (item No. 11). Upon further review of the Regulations of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Rule 4.03.3(7) does allow for retention of light use roads if it is needed to support the post-mining land use. The Division considers the powder magazine light-use road necessary to support the post-mining land use of rangeland as it provides access to apre-existing ranch road, and proposes to approve its retention. The pond light-use road provides access to the pond and has been requested to remain as permanent. Energy Fuels will need to supply the necessary demonstrations required by Rule 4.05.9 before the Division can determine if the pond may remain as a permanent structure. Until the pond is approved as permanent, the pond light-use road cannot be considered permanent. The Division is unable to approve the pond light-use road as permanent at this time. Please re-submit page 351 to reflect that the pond light-use road is not approved as permanent.