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Minutes, May 23-24, 1990 Staff Presentation by Barbara Chiappone: 14. FORt4AL PUBLIC HEARING 17579 Mesa Road, Suite A5 Hesperia, CA 92345 PAGE 11 File No. M-85-128 All persons wishing to give testimony were sworn. Sec. 29, T49N, R19W, New Mexico P.M.., Montrose County. Consideration of revocation of permit and forfeiture of financial warranty for failure to pay annual fees and submit an annual report. (SEE ITEM 13 FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION). Staff Presentation by Larry Oehler 15. RECLAMATION RESOURCES, INCORPORATED File No. M-85-029 P. 0. Box 986 460 North Main Alma, CO 80421 Sec. 12, T9 S, R78W, Park County, 200 acres; gold placer. Consider Technical Revision No. 1; change Mine Plan by changing to processing method that will require additional water. Staff provided background information regarding this matter. On June -25, 1985, "the Board approved the Alma Placer 112 permit for Ducommun Business Trust/Panhandle Drilling Company. The bond, set at E19,068, was submitted on January 29, 1990. At the February 1990 Board Meeting the permit was re-approved, because it had not been issued within one year after the approval date. Also in February, 1990 the permit was transferred from Ducommun Business Trust to Reclamation Resources, Incorporated. After the transfer, an amendment to add 40 acres to the operation and change the mining method was submitted. The amendment submitted was a new package and was reviewed by the Division as a new application. On April 10, 1990, the Division sent its list of 34 adequacy concerns to the operator. During the comment period, the Division received a letter from the Division of Wildlife in which they objected to the issuance of the permit/amendmenrt stating that they felt there was a 404 violation and violation of the permit boundary. This was investigated by the Corps of Engineers, and a violation was issued. The U.S. Forest Service at Fairplay sent a letter to the Division objecting to the closure of an access road to a portion of a national forest. The Division received 21 comment letters from the public, including 3 requests fora Formal Public Hearing which related concerns that the bond was too low, placement of the berm in or near wetlands, reclaiming the land back to post mining, etc.. At the request of the DOW, a site visit was subsequently conducted by the Division and the Corps of Engineers who met at the site with the operator to review concerns. Staff showed slides from that inspection and discussed the site further.