GENERAL46595

• Permit No: M2003037
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/7/2004
• Doc Name: Review of Petition for Reconsideration
• From: DMG
• To: Bruce Humphries
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
To: Bruce Humphries
Minerals Supervisor
Division of Minerals and Geology
Memo
January 7, 2004
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION•MINING
UFETT~SCIENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Wal<her
From: Russ Means Executive Director
Environmental Protection Specialist Ronald W. Cottony
Grand Junction Field Office Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Ha/dorson Sand and Grave/ Mine, Permit No. M-2003-037, Review of Petition for
Reconsideration, 72-30-03.
Bruce:
Staff has reviewed the above mentioned petition presented by the permitee for
reconsideration of the Mined Land Reclamation Board's (Board) stipulation that no mining
be conducted prior to submission of one (11 year's worth of data on depth to groundwater.
As part of the petition, Greg Lewicki and Associates submitted an in-depth report on the
geology and groundwater characteristics on behalf of the permitee.
At question is whether there is any new information not available at the time of the
hearing that presents grounds for the Board to reconsider the stipulation of no mining for
one (1) year until groundwater depth data is presented. The report references some data
such as drill logs and photo documentation of test holes dug by the permitee that were
available but not presented by the permitee's consultant at the time of the hearing. The
failure to present the information to the Board by the consultant does not in itself mean
that the information is new. However, when this information is used in conjunction with
other aspects of the Lewicki report there appears to be sufficient information that was not
available to the applicant at the time of the hearing that the Board should have been aware
of prior to its decision coricerning the no mining stipulation. The new information and its
impact includes:
1) Analysis of the_ underlying geology which indicates the Mancos Shale is deeper
than sixty (60) feet in the Phase 1 area. (There were discussions about the
gravel deposit but little about the under laying bedrock). The depth to bedrock
could influence the decision to prohibit mining until groundwater depth data is
submitted. The depth to bedrock is approximately 60 feet below the current
elevation of the Haldorson Mine and;
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