GENERAL55752

• Permit No: M1978304
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/22/1996
• Doc Name: BLACK CAT PIT FN M-78-304 POSSIBLE TEMPORARY CESSATION
• From: DMG
• To: DELTA CNTY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl vi Nawral Resources
131 3 Sherman Si ,Room ? 1 5
Denver, Colorado 80?03
Phone: [phone]i
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November 22, 1996 ~:~.
Mr. John Timbreza
Delta County
501 Palmer St., Ste. 277
Delta, CO 81416
Re: Black Cat Pit, File M-78-304, Possible Temporary
Cessation
Dear Mr. Timbreza:
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
lames 5 Lochhead
EiecuGve Direnor
n4~chael B. Long
Division Director
We recently reviewed the Black Cat Pit Annual Report. The report
indicated that the site has been, and may continue to be,
inactive for at least six months. Please refer to the
Construction Rules and Regulations Sections 1.13 which state that
if an operation ceases production for a period of 180 days or
more, the operator must file a Notice of Temporary Cessation with
the Board. This notice must state the date of cessation, the
reasons for cessation, a plan for the resumption of mining, a
description of those activities the operator will take to ensure
compliance with the permit reclamation requirements and a
description of site maintenance activities to ensure compliance
with the performance standards (Rule 3). The Notice of Temporary
Cessation should be sent to the Division separate from other
correspondence.
As an alternative to temporary cessation, you may submit a
Technical Revision to your permit to indicate that the operation
will be intermittently active throughout its life. The technical
revision application must include a description of those
activities the operator will undertake to ensure compliance with
the permit reclamation requirements, ahd a description of the
site maintenance activities which will ensure compliance with the
performance standards (Rule 3). Rule 1.13.7 addresses this
technical revision.
Since the annual repor
temporarily ceased, yo
temporary cessation or
days. If the request
stabilized, we will ap
sixty days of receipt.
be some problems with
information from you,
you submit a technical
within 30 days.
t indicated that operations have
u should submit either a request for
a technical revision within the next 45
indicates that the site is sufficiently
prove the request for cessation within
If the request indicates that there may
the site, we will either request more
or schedule the site for an inspection. If
revision to the permit, we will process it