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°°��Nl 0/ 1 • 'II I III III III IIII III � ° - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 999 a - - `o BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ' LITTLE SNAKE RESOURCE AREA 455 EMERSON STREET CRAIG, COLORADO 81625-1129 In Reply Refer To: 3809 (170) PO-016-83-1 February 20 , 1998 RECEIVED Mr. Richard Weber 'C� ti .Zrr Knight Piesold ) � l 249 Third Street Elko, Nevada 89801 _ _ _ _ . _ _ —_ Division ofKnefals&Geology Dear Mr. Weber: In your letter, dated February 10, 1998 , you requested information that BLM requires in order to approve the use of LOC (Amway Liquid Organic Cleaner) to ore in Colorado. This letter is to make clear the position of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding proposed operations at the Joker Mine, located in Moffat County, Colorado. We will not consider or approve the application of LOC alone, without considering the entire project including the additional mining disturbance, transportation of ore and tailings , and the disposal of the tailings . As discussed with Janet Hook, of this office, on the afternoon of January 9, 1998 , prior to a public meeting in Baggs, Wyoming, the existing plan of operations needs to be updated to include the new proposed activities and approved prior to commencement of operations . You have submitted copies of correspondence between Mining and Minerals LTD and the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) , and a letter from Knight Piesold LLC describing the modified SPLP test results . However, the BLM still has not received a written proposal to modify the Plan of Operations that was approved for the Marathon Gold operations and transferred to Orvie Zimmerman in the mid-1980s . Information that should be .. your plan of operations is described at 43 CFR 3809 and includes , but is not limited to, the following: (1) Name and mailing address of operator and claimant, if other than the operator (2) A map, preferably a topographic map, or sketch showing existing and/or proposed routes of access, and size of each area where surface disturbance will occur; (3) The name of the mining claim(s) and mining claim serial numbers assigned to the mining claim(s) recorded. (4) Information sufficient to describe or identify the type of operations proposed, how they will be conducted and the period during which the proposed activity will take place; (5) Measures to be taken to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation and measures to reclaim disturbed areas resulting from the proposed operations, including the standards listed in §3809. 1-3 (d) of this title .