GENERAL54878

• Permit No: M1977196
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/29/2007
• Doc Name: Citizen Complaint
• From: DRMS
• To: Harvey & Jo Boatright
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RKLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Rewurces
1373 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) 86!.3567
FAX: [phone]
May 29, 2007 j/
Harvey and Jo Boatright
30594 County Road 371
PO Box 1576
Buena Vista, CO 81211
RE: Citizen Complaint on the Hardrock Paving and Redi-Mix
Buena Vista Pit; Pernut No. M-1977-196
Dear Harvey and Jo Boatright,
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received your citizen complaint letter
regazding the Hardrock Paving and Redi-Mix Buena Vista Pit, Permit No. M-1977-196.
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Riner, lr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Division's records indicate that the Buena Vista pit is an active sand and gravel operation located in a
portion of Section 5, Township 14S, Range 78W of Chaffee County. The permit was issued in 1977
from the Mined Land Reclamation Board (Boazd) for a permit area of 23.81 acres. Permits issued by the
Board are "life of mine" and do not have expiration dates. Dependent upon the extent of the deposit
mined and the rate of extraction, mining operations may last from only a few months to decades. The
permit may be revoked and the reclamation bond forfeited to the State of Colorado only by an action of
the Board. Revocation and forfeiture may occur due to an uncorrected violation of the Acts, the rules
and regulations, or the terms of the approved permit. Hardrock Paving and Redi-Mix is permitted to
mine the Buena Vista Pit and must adhere to the approved mining and reclamation plan or any
subsequent changes to the plan.
The Board's jurisdiction does not extend to land use decisions, visual or economic impacts, noise, traffic,
dust and other nuisances, or socioeconomic issues. Local government, through the local land use and
planning and permitting process, handles these issues. The Board and the Division do not have authority
in such matters. Likewise, impacts to air quality, threatened or endangered species, discharges into
waters of the United States and historic resource protections are regulated by agencies other than the
Board. Please refer the concerns of noise and dust to Chaffee County and the Colorado Department of
Public Health and the Environment; Air Quality Control Commission.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 303-8bb-4943.
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Erica~S~.-C7osby I(1,~
Environmental Protectio cialist
Enclosure- Complaint Letter
cc: Carl Mount; DRM5
Denise Gonzales; Hard Rock Paving &Redi-Mix, Inc.
Joe Nelson; Chaffee County wlenclosure
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