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~ ; <br /> <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGt~ <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />131 3 Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX 1303) 8328106 <br />August 14th, 2001 <br />Mr. Steve Hendrickson <br />Farmer Construction Inc. <br />P.O. Box 39 <br />Redvale, CO 51431 <br />l!FN~e: A4 ~-19 83 -1$ 9 G E O L O G Y <br />Y14• GIG/Is O,J P,r'T RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAF ETY <br />/~Ct~Off' ~/pc_T~ /~dc. Cevy~LOr/ <br />~~sLsL~~ 6~Il Owens <br />~~® Govemo~ <br />q/i~ ~ ~ ~~~ reg E. Walther <br />~i V ~F ecanve D~reao~ <br />w~49°~ ~' ~' y Michael B. long <br />'~/" ,(/(~, Division Dueaor <br /> <br />~F COLORADO <br />DENVER OFFICE DIVISION O F <br />PUBLIC FILE COPY MINERAL S <br />RE: Gleason Pit ,Permit No. M-]983-159, Conversion from 1 IOc to 112c permit Preifgy~ctary <br />adequacy Review °p~°Bi <br />Dear Mr. Hendrickson: <br />The recent creation of an additional Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) field office in Grand <br />Junction has required the reassignment of your application for the conversion front a 1 l Oc to 1 12c <br />mining operation from the Durango Field Office to the Junction Office. DMG has completed an <br />adequacy review of your application for conversion of the existing I lOc permit into a 112c permit. <br />This application caltnot be approved until the following issues are adequately addressed. Failure to <br />respond before the August 20'I', 2001 decision date will result in the applicatiolt being denied. A <br />written request for alt extension to the decision date may be advantageous for Farmer Construction and <br />this Office to adequately respond to these issues. <br />Adequacy Issues: <br />1) There is no documentation of the timely publication of the Public Notice in a newspaper of general <br />circulation in the locality of the proposed operation for four consecutive weeks as required by Rule <br />1.6.2(1)(d). Please provide proof that this notice was published within 10 days of filing the <br />application with [Iris office, once a week, for four consecutive weeks. If no proof of publication <br />can be supplied, the public notice procedure and all applicable deadlines must begin to run anew <br />per Rule 1.6.6. <br />2) Bureau of Land Management, [he property owners along the south permit boundary, appear not to <br />have been notified. Please provide verification that BLM has been notified as required by Rule <br />1.6.2 {e) {ii). if the BLM was not adequately noticed, by rule, the public comment period "shall <br />begin to run anew". This includes all applicable deadlines for comment attd decisions. <br />3) All maps are required to have the signature of the qualified individual who prepared them per Rule <br />6.2.1 (2)(b). Please supply ne~v maps with ttte required signature and the noted required changes <br />listed below. <br />4) Contour lines in exhibit maps change intervals. Contour lilies outside the permit area are 20 foot, <br />while those within the area are 5 foot. Please provide maps with consistent contour intervals. <br />5) On the map stowing Exhibits E and F, the Reclamation Plan is mislabeled as "Exhibit D". Please <br />correct so that Exhibit E is the Reclanttion Plan and resubmit these Exhibits. <br />6) The Mining Plan calls for the stockpiling of overburden for future reclamation. Please contntit to <br />the separation of topsoil from the overburden waste This will insure better preservation of the <br />-~iiii~«rllllllll~ <br />