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<br />R <br />larvey W. Curbs <br />Cynthia M. Beyer-Ulrich' <br />David L. Kueter <br />'Also licensed in the Stale of Wisconsin <br />HARVEY W. CURTIS <br />& ASSOCIATES <br />ATTORNcYS AT LAW <br />1441 Eighteenth Street, Suile 200 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 Of Counsel: <br />Star L. Waring <br />(303) 292-11aa Christina A. Fiflis <br />Facsimile (303) 292-1764 <br />email: curtisandassoc ®lawyernet.com <br />June 23,2000 <br />VIA HAND DELIVERY <br />Mr. Carl Mount <br />Office of Mine Land Reclamation Board <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 - <br />Denver. Colorado 80203 <br />RE: LARIAT MINE TECHNICAL REVISION SUBMITTAL, PERMIT NO. <br />M-77-251, NE'/4 OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 69 <br />WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Mount: <br />Thank you for your telephone call on June 19, 2000 concerning the Robinson Brick <br />Company's proposed Technical Revision to the Lariat Mine Permit No. M-77-251 ("Lariat Mine <br />Permit"). It is my understanding any response by Mr. John W. Stockwell, Jr. is due on June 23, <br />2000. The Technical Revision would allow mining in "Stage 2", Mr. Stockwell's undisturbed <br />property, where no mining has previously occurred. <br />The Technical Revision sought by Robco would allow two properties to be scarred at the <br />same time. There was wisdom in the original plan to have the minim on the two parcels to take <br />place consecutively rather than concurrently. Indeed, changing the permit would dramatically alter <br />the sequence and consequences of mining and reclamation activities. It is axiomatic that such a <br />sweeping change will have more than a "minor effect" upon the proposed reclamation plan. <br />Obviously, the greatest impact on the reclamation plan would be that the Revision would allow two <br />disturbed areas to exist at the same time, which was not contemplated by the original permit. While <br />it might be true that "Robco has not increased the affected land acreage and has not changed the <br />provisions of the reclamation plan" (letter from Michael G. Leidich to Carl Mount dated May 22, <br />2000), it is equally true that two areas of unreclaimed ]and will exist simultaneously under the <br />Technical Revision where on]Y one area would have odteru~ise existed under the original permit. <br />• -- <br />