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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ~ • ~. . ~, ~~ - C&J Gravel Products, Inc. September 25, 2001 ~EIV'VER 4f~F1f;+- Received ~U~LIC ~IL~ ~~~'~' - ;, Firs: ,~i- i4Ytr 14~i~ SEP 2 8 2001 Steve S. Shuey ~~~: c + Division of Minerals and Geology ~ '-~RV~ Grand Jun.:ti,:.n =~e~u Offioa Grand Junction Field Office ""''"r~• ~~ -7 - = Division of Minarals & Geolo94 101 South Third St., Room 301 Grand Junction, CO 81501 RE: Montoya Pit, Permit No. M-1980-146, Technical Revision No. 2 Adequacy Review Response Dear Mr. Shuey: Thank you for extending our decision due date to the end of September 2001. However, I need to request another one-month extension to allow DMG enough time to come to a decision in these matters. We will attempt to answer your comments with this communication. We have enclosed new maps as requested in your comment #1 and #2. The new map includes all areas of the existing Montoya Pit. Please note that AM-03 issued in 1996 was for 40 acres. We have already mined 10 acres of that 40 acres. The other 30-acre parcel recently awarded to us by BLM has been divided into two sections, Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1 has been divided into Phase 1a and Phase 1b. Phase 2 has not been specifically delineated yet so is not specifically included on the map. It will lie to the north of Phase I. This 40-acre area is leased from the Bureau of Land Management. Their terms are 30 additional acres or 10 years or 1,600,000 tons as scaled out, whichever occurs first. We believe we will use the 1,600,000 tans first. It is entirely possible this will occur before we enter the Phase 2 area. Therefore, BLM does not want to map Phase 2 until a later date. C & J Gravel Products, Inc. is aware of the ambiguity in the requirements of the Division of Minerals and Geology and the Bureau of Land Management and we agree that we will not mine outside a 40 acre area without an approved amendment from Division of Minerals and Geology. We have attempted to include all the information required in Rules 6.2.1(2), 6.4.4 and 6.4.6 either on the map or in the mining and reclamation plan narratives. In addition to Technical Revision #1 on the Mining Plan, we need to revise the narrative as follows: MINING PLAN (Starting with the third paragraph) We plan to mine the permitted area starting at the southern boundary going west and then north. We will mine in 5-acre increments. We anticipate it will take P ~iqf ~ / . 7l/yam ~6(~) dty ~CB% B~ 27661 HWY 160 Durango, CO 81301 Tel: (970) 385-4112 Fax: (970) 385-5014 Email: cjrocks®frontier.ne[