GENERAL39256

• Permit No: M1980203
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/8/2002
• Doc Name: Mine Inactivity
• From: DMG
• To: Currier Gravel Pit Inc.
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depattment of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
July 8, 2002
Mr. Merial Currier
Currier Gravel Pit, Inc.
~~~~AR<a'M. -
~U~ '/
4r~ ~~ ~
or~
~d~8
enr~®4/°4y
P.O. Box 27059
Denver, Colorado 827
Re: Currier G at'' vel Yit, Permit No. M-1980-203, Mine Inactivity.
Deaz Ms. Currier:
D i V 15 i O N O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MI NING•SA FE7Y
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Acting Division Director
A review of the Annual Reports dated from as far back as 1998 submitted by Currier Gravel indicates
that there has been no activity at the above referenced permitted site since 1992. Rule 1.13.2 (1) states
that a condition of Temporary Cessation (TC) exist if there is no work done at the site for one hundred
and eighty (180) consecutive days. Rule 1.13.8 (2) allows the Mined Land Reclamation Board {MLRB)
to grant a five (5) yeaz tmporazy cessation that may be continued for an additional five (5) years for a
maximum of ten (10) years (Rule 1.13.9). Based on the information supplied by Currier Gravel, it
appeazs that no activity on the site since 1992 has used up the maximum ten (10) yeaz period that the
Rule allows. The date of TC would be set at June 29`s, 1992 by the Board.
If the annual reports do not reflect recent activities at the permitted site, please supply documentation to
amend the reports. Activities can include removal of stockpiles, grading and general maintenance. If
the reports are accurate, then Currier Gravel must begin final reclamation work to avoid a possible
MLRB hearing for failure to reclaim the site within the time required by law.
Staff understands that the Forest Service is the primazy user of materials from the site. An option that
maybe viable is to do a Technical Revision (TR) that places the permit in an intermittent use status.
Intermittent status does not have time frames attached to it. The Boazd would review the circumstances
for the TR request and may grant such status if there are measures taken to keep the site stable. A TR
would need to state the reasons why the permitted site is only used infrequently and documentation from
the Forest Service stating a continued desire to maintain the permit.
The Currier Pit is due for a regular Monitoring Inspection. Staff will be contacting Currier Gravel to set
up a date and time for this visit in late July. At that time, DMG staff will be more than happy to discuss
the options available in more detail and assist in cleazing up this matter.