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wviD w. ewLwaaw <br />WAgR[M [. 6OM[R6q <br />HDWAgD [. WILLIAM[ <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII • <br />999 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />DDgAY CDYMT <br />OIJRAY~ COLORADO 014]7 <br />March 14, 1978 <br />C. C. McCall, Administrator <br />Colorado Mined Lsnd Reclamation Board <br />723 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 G~(r~~ rJ <br />Dear Mr. McCall, d <br /> <br />~4AR 2 3 1978 <br />PAINED i.ANp RECLAiJIATION <br />Colo. Dept. of Natural Pescurces <br />Ouray County presently has a valid "Free Use Permit" <br />issued by the Bureau of Land Management for our Ridgway <br />gravel pit operation. A copy of our Free Use Application <br />and Permit (C-19378) is enclosed for your records. <br />Also, you will find enclosed, a copy of a letter from <br />the Bureau of Lsnd Management dated August 1, 1977 which <br />clearly states that the only permit that a County needs to <br />mine gravel on public lands is a valid "Free Use Permit". <br />In light of your letters of September 27, 1977 and <br />February 27, 1978 it is apparent that the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board and the Bureau of Land Management are in disagreement over <br />who has jurisdiction over federally owned or controlled minerals. <br />Ouray County has complied with all of the special stipulations <br />of the free use permit, including a $2,000.00 certificate of <br />deposit held in escrow, and several compliance inspections have <br />been conducted by the Bureau of Land Management. Therefore, and due <br />to the obvious duplication of regulatory control, we are in <br />agreement with the Bureau of Land Management and do not feel that <br />Ouray County is obligated to obtain a permit from Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board. <br />We respectfully suggest that the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board and the Bureau of Iand Management meet and develop a workable <br />relationship to eliminate the duplication of regulatory control <br />so that we do not find ourselves and our gravel pit operation caught <br />in the middle between different agencies and different opinions of <br />compliance inspecotrs. <br />If you have any questions or need more information, please <br />contact Patrick C. O'Donnell, Land Use Administrator, Box 572, Ouray, <br />Colorado 81427, phone number 325-4706. <br />Since, rely,n n ~~G~ <br />Howard~B. Wi((l~liams, Chairman <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />HBW/mt <br />cc: Bureau of Land Management <br />.. <br />