GENERAL41665

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/19/1997
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

On April 28, 1997 the Division notified Greystone Development Consultants, that due to the
complexity of the permit application, the Division would extend the decision due date to July 2,
1997.
The Division forwazded appropriate sections of the revised permit materials to the Division of
Wildlife on April 29, 1997 and requested the DOW review the revised material to determine
whether their initial concerns had been adequately addressed by the applicant.
On May 16, 1997 the Division received comments by FAX from John Woodling of the Division
of Wildlife concerning water quality and potential effects to the aquatic biota of the Purgatoire
River and tributaries. The Division forwazded these comments to the applicant's representative,
Greystone Development Consultants, on May 19, 1997.
The Division provided a written response to the applicant's responses to the Division's first
adequacy letter. These remaining adequacy concerns were sent May 27, 1997 to Greystone
Development Consultants. Excluded from this response were remaining concerns on bonding
and questions related to the DOW issues, as comments were received from the DOW after
mailing the Division's second adequacy letter. The Division indicated that responses on bonding
and wildlife issues would be provided by June 5, 1997.
The DOW provided additional comments to the Division via a FAX from Chris Kloster of the
DOW on May 28, 1997. Initial concerns were further defined based on the site visit conducted in
April and internal DOW discussion.
On June 5, 1997, the Division forwarded a letter to the applicant's representative, Greystone
Development Consultants, identifying and focusing remaining concems with regard to wildlife
issues. Excluded from this letter were remaining concems on the reclamation cost estimate
proved by the applicant. The Division indicated that any remaining cost estimate concems would
be provided by June 13, 1997.
On June 13, 1997 the Division contacted the SHPO by phone to deternine if the SHPO was
satisfied with the progress to-date of the efforts by the applicant and the Division to complete the
process involved with cultural and historic resources. The applicant had concems that other
agencies, such as the OSM and the Advisory Council, were indicating some dissatisfaction with
the way that the efforts were proceeding. The SHPO indicated that everything was moving
forwazd to their satisfaction and that cleazance for some areas had already been provided in their
March 21, 1997 correspondence to the Division. The SHPO was satisfied with the proposed
treatment plan and was waiting for additional information on sites, as specified in the March 21
correspondence.
On July 2, 1997, the applicant submitted additional cultural and historic resource information in
the form of two reports. The first report was specific to site SLA7186, titled The Jeff Place
(SLA7186): Report of Test Excavations National Register Evakeaiion and Treatment Plan, Las
Animas County, Colorado. The second report, titled Lorencito Canyon Mine: Preliminary
Report of 1997ArchaeoloeicallnvesticaLions. Las Animas Cowtty. Colorado, summarized [he
data collected for those additional sites which were previously identified as needing more data.
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