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~. - . • <br />(~ D {n/~ . HON'A K E <br />ALAN D. COX <br />CORPoRATE MANAGER, ENVIAONMENTAL AFFAIRS <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • <br />999 <br />25 February, 2000 <br />~~~FIlIE® <br />State of Colorado P9AR L 2 2000 <br />()' Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman St.. Room 215 „iyi~.. ;,vlaleta~&G201o9Y <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />i~oC . Na..,. t : TYa...s,,.. ~-f~ta. -I/ ~~f v5 ~5 (P~`~.r <br />Attn: Mr. Mike Long, Director ~~~0.rd~Kg p~~7dd (~ ~r"~ r.eC I~~(,~~ros'(, <br />RE: Bulldog Mine Reclamation Protect -Mineral County <br />- Declamation Permit M-??-215 <br />Dear Mr. Long: <br />Homestake received the attached letter from the Rio Grande National Forest - <br />Divide Ranger District and nl~ticed that a copy was not forwarded to your officd. <br />lNe believe it is important that you and your staff review this letter in context vvlth <br />±he past and current status of our efforts to fir.a!ize reclamation and closure effor*,~ <br />;,t *r~e bulldog Mine. <br />8v way of background, the Issue *!•at Initlatel/ the drscussions with the Forest <br />SCfVICC'C8nt2r arOOnd SUrrF. PP..CIanYdtiC•1'. ennajlf!''"'_"11 ';^~o'k That we a!e pmer~T+~•d•y <br />purslrng:atahe project 970(1 and 9360~1eve! ro~-k disposal~,ites. A~meeting w•e~ <br />heir,' with members of B. HL~mphnes' staff IA. So~el~son and H. Posey) to <br />conceptually discuss our proposal or, De: ember 'i 3, 199J. At that time wF <br />transmitted a water quality assessment report on `Nindy Gulch that relates to the <br />proposed additional reclamation work or. the rock disposal sites. It was agreed <br />during the meeting that our proposal seemed straiyhtforvvard and should be <br />developed and designed to support a Technical Revision to our current DMG <br />Reclamation Permit. <br />Re•:ognizing that a portion of the reciamaticn work would be situated orl vnpatented <br />land under USFS jurisdiction, we met with the Ric Grande NF on January 13, 2000 <br />with the expectation that our planned work can be : eviewed and approved as an <br />amendment to our active project USFS Operating Plan under the 36CFR228 <br />regulations for management of hard rock mineral activities on USFS managed lands. <br />After consultation with the USFS Regional Office in Denver, the attached letter is <br />their response. <br />We`would like fo meet with•you and/ or members of the DMG staff:regarding.this <br />issue in the~near fritu~e:'-i would likti~io~thank you:and members of:the Dl~/IG;,staff <br />HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY <br />650 CALIFORNIA STREET • SAN FRANCISCO • CA 941Ofi~2JB6 (di51 981-8150 <br />