2001-08-16_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M1983052

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VI►Illllllll III UNITED 4999 tTES DEPARTMENT OF THE OF LAND MANAGEMENT N&IOR LITTLE SNAKE FIELD ICE E RSONSTREET 455E III Illtlllll��ll■II ' CRAIG, COLORADO 81625-1129 999 1 http: //www.co.blm.gov/lsra/lsraindex.htm RECEIVED In Reply Refer To: AUG 1 6 2001 3809 (170) CO-016-20-83-1 Division 01 Minerals and Geology August 08, 2001 _.2 CFhRTIFIED MAIL NO. 7099 3400 0014 5553 5029 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Michael Collins Mining and Minerals II, Ltd. 8115 Preston Road, Suite 680 Dallas, Texas 75225 Dear Mr. Collins, The Joker Mining Project plan of operations (BLM casefile number, CO-016-PO- 83-1) was received in our office in 1983, and amended in 1998 . In May, 2001, a 43 CFR 3809 field compliance inspection was conducted on the above mentioned mining plan of operations. As in previous reports, the inspection found various unused and unnecessary equipment and buildings being stored on public land. Given the present condition of said equipment, it is quite apparent that they have not been used in the operation on your project for many, many years. Mining and Minerals II, Ltd. was given authorization on a plan amendment in 1998, and to date no work, as approved, has been conducted. The Joker Mine operation is hereby classified as inactive and the time for completing all public surface reclamation requirements has now come due. At 43 CFR Sec. 3809. 424 (2) under the existing regulations, implemented January 20, 2001 , it states that: If the period of non-operation is likely to cause unnecessary or undue degradation, then BLM will require you to take all necessary actions to assure that unnecessary or undue degradation does not occur, including requiring you, after an extended period of non-operation for nther than seasonal operations, to remove all structures, equipment, and other facilities and reclaim the project area. Under the previous 43 CFR 3809 regulations at 3809. 3-7. it states that : All operators shall maintain the site, structures and other facilities of the operations in a safe and clean condition during any non-operating periods. All operators may be required, after an extended period of non-operation for other than seasonal operations, to remove all structures, equipment, and other facilities and reclaim the site of operations, unless he/she receives permission, in writing, from the authorized officer to do otherwise. Because you are not using any of this equipment in question, you are hereby required to comply with the 43 CFP 3809 regulations and remove all unused, unnecessary equipment and buildings. Specifically the three large structures