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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
M2002106
IBM Index Class Name
Revision
Doc Date
3/11/2003
Doc Name
Materials Required for Amendment to Existing Permit
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DMG
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Larry Mondragon
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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (3031832-8106 <br />March 11, 2003 <br />Larry Mondragon <br />9451 US Hwy 285 South <br />Alamosa CO 81101 <br />R~~,~+A <br />y,'4 ~ lgl~ ~® <br />`•e, <br />~a <br />~~C <br />B~~O <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MI NING•SA FETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Greg E Watcher <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Acting Division Director <br />Re: Rio Grande Bentonite, File No. M-2002-106, Materials Required for Amendment to Existing Permit. <br />Dear Mr. Mondragon, <br />As a follow-up to our several telephone conversations during the past few months, the most recent being our <br />conversation yesterday, I have written a few important points in this letter and have enclosed a 110 permit <br />application packet for your use. The permit application packet also serves for submitting amendments to existing <br />permits. <br />As you recall, the existing operation was approved by this office and permitted in 1978 to your late father. It was <br />permitted for a total of 3.0 acres, and the bond was originally set at $1,000. As I explained before, this agency lost <br />track of all documentation of this site and the file, until last year, when the bond was returned to your mother, the <br />survivor and heir of the original permittee. The Division's inspection last fall found the extent of activities on the <br />site to have exceeded 3.0 acres, with the estimate made during the inspection that it occupies an area of about 3.8 <br />acres. You have indicated several times that it is your intent to continue the bentonite operation, and become the <br />permitted operator. It is our stated interest in ensuring that this operation come into compliance with State laws, <br />and in assisting you toward that end. As such, since you wish to continue to mine at this site, a bond must be <br />posted in an amount to reflect current reclamation costs, and since there is existing disturbance which exceeds the <br />acreage originally approved, some land must be added to the permitted area, in an amount of at least 0.8 acres (the <br />size of the exceeded area). To add land to a permit, a permit amendment must be submitted and approved. <br />As we discussed, the sketch map I made of the site may be used as a basis for depicting the additional acreage you <br />wish to include in the upcoming amendment application. Since you wish to keep the operation as a 110 permit, it <br />must remain below 10 acres. You may add to the area and size of a permit as follows; First, the entire 3.0 acres <br />originally permitted is still valid, and will be used as the base acreage amount. It must be included in the expanded <br />permit area. (This 3.0-acre area was not shown on my sketch map.) Second, regardless of the actual "overlap" of <br />the original 3.0-acre rectangle and the irregular polygon containing the current mining disturbance which I <br />measured and mapped, the 3.8-acre area must also be entirely included in the expanded permit amendment area. <br />Assuming optimal overlap, in which the entire 3.0 acres is contained within the current 3.8 acres of disturbance (a <br />doubtful assumption, but useful as an example), your permit amendment may include as little as 0.8 acres of "new" <br />area, or up to a maximum of 6.9 acres of "new" area (3.0 + 6.9 = 9.9 acres, the maximum for a 110 permit). <br />To begin preparing your amendment application materials, the maps are a good place to start. My advice was to <br />examine the area immediately surrounding the existing disturbed area in order to see where the best additional <br />mining area(s) would be located. Once that is done, new maps must be prepared. With the help of a surveyor or <br />engineer, or other person who can reasonably operate land measurement devices and adequately map such <br />measurements, you may modify my sketch map to depict those additional areas you wish to include in the permit. <br />At the least, you will be required to provide a mining plan map and a reclamation plan map. <br />
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