GENERAL39081

• Permit No: C1981013
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 3/18/1994
• Doc Name: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING ROBERT KRASSAS LETTERS OF 02/22/94 & 02/25/94 & JEFF DESAUTELS
• From: DMG
• To: DAN HERNANDEZ
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resources
1313 Shemwn St., Room 215

Denver, Colorado 80203
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DEPARTMEN'T' OF
NATURAL
DATE: Match 18, 1994 RE$~URCE~
Roy Romer
TO: Dan Hernandez Governor
Km Salarar
FROM: Joe Dudash ~ ~ ~ Eaecurve D~recmr
Michael B. LonK
RE: Response [o Questions Concerning Robert Krasva's Letters of February 22, 1994 and Division Director
February 25, 1994 and Jeff I)esautel's Letter of February 24, 1994, Basin Resources, Inc.,
The Golden Eagle Mine, Permit No. C-81-013
Per your request last week, I reviewed Bob IGassa's and Jeff Desautel's February 1994 memos regarding the
Golden Eagle Mino. I'd like b provide the following responses.
1. ICrassa's Letter of Febnrarv Z5. 1994
Your first question concerned Mr. ICraasa'e commwLv in Paragraph No. 2 regarding the surface bwaers
overlying the Golden Fngle Mine, and the location of their properties that be alleges are missing from the
Surface Owner's Map.
At the February 23, 1994 meeting at which representatives of the Division, Basin Resoltr~ces and
Raton West met, an updated Surface Ownership Map was submitted to the Division by the operator.
Most of the information appeared correct to Raton West though at least one error was idwtified. The
Division has asked the two parties to coordinate on this matter. Additionally, the Division is asking
the two parties to agree on a cutoff date of January 21, 1994 for the surface ownership information.
Finally, we have asked Basin to submit updated Surface Ownership Maps to the Division on a
quarterly basis.
The nett question pertained to the status of the submittals that Mt. Krassa, in his Paragraph No. 3, stated
were missing.
The submittals were due on January 21, 1994. This day was a holiday, so the items were deGvercd
on January 22, 1994. Mr. Carl Gorily, representing Raton West, was unable W come to the office
that day. He telephoned the office that day end requestod copies of the submittals mailed to him.
This was done; however, the mailed copies did not arrive to him in time before the January 23, 1994
meeting. f)o January 23, 1994, Mr. Gerity picked up some of the material, and the remaining
material was mailed again to him. The submittals of January 22, 1994 aero reviewed by the Division
and m adoquacy letter was sent on March 4, 1994.
The nett question, pertaining to Mr. Krassa's comments in Paragraph No. 4, asked if all maps encompassed
the entire permit area, particularly the post-mining land use map, and whUher this was caught during the
Division's review of the permit renewal:
Not all maps submitted for uederground mining operations are required to identify the permit
boundary. Rule 2.10.1(3) states 'All maps shall show the permit area boundaries where the area of
the map covers the boundaries."