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11111111111111ii 111 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIV1510N OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Departmem of Natural Resources 131 7 Sherman St.. Roam 215 Denver. Colorado AU201 Phone 11031 ab6-356: FAX: 11011832-a1n6 October 27, 1998 Allen S. Weaver Energy Fuels Mining Company P.O. Box 459 Florence, CO 81225 Re: Landowner's Proposed Gravel Extraction, Raton Creek Nline, DbIG Permit No. C-82-055 Dear Mr. Weaver: ~~ DEPARTiViEivT OF NATURAL RESOURCES flay Romer Governor lames s. Lochheazl E.rcwlve D~redor hLChan B. LOng Di~nion Director This is in response to your letter of October 8, 1998. It is our understanding that a surface landowner at the Raton Creek Mine wishes to extract some gravel from his property. The area from which he wishes to remove this gravel is within an area that has been disturbed in conjunction with the Raton Creek underground coal mine. This potential gravel-extraction area is situated within an azea that has been regraded, retopsoiled, and reseeded, and has been granted a Phase I bond release by our Division. The approved post-mining land use for the Raton Creek mine is "rangeland" (DMG Permit page 533). The Division believes that the existence of a gravel extraction area used in support of the approved post-mining land use could be allowed, under the following circumstances: Energy Fuels Mining Company (EFMC) revises its permit to describe how this disturbance will be used in support of the post-mining land use (Rule 2.05.5(2)(a)(i)). 2. In revising its permit to describe this disturbance, EFMC identifies the dimensions, including depth and grades, and the location of [his gravel extraction area (Rule 2.05.3(2)(b)). 3. EFMC revises its permit to indicate how reclaimed areas immediately adjacent to this extraction azea will be protected from being redisturbed or otherwise adversely affected by the proposed gravel extraction activities. This would include a description of any measures proposed to prevent downgradient areas from receiving erosive or sediment- laden runoff from the gravel extraction area (Rule 4.15.1(3)). EFMC revises its permit [o describe whether the gravel area will be reclaimed in accordance with the reclamation standards for the other disturbances at the Raton Creek mine, or whether the gravel area will be ]eft unreclaimed (Kule 2.05.4(1), 4.15(2)).