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DMG Response -The Division is not the permitting authority for air emissions. The Applicant has committed to secure all appropriate air permits as required by the Air Quality Control Division, Colorado Department of Health. The Applicant has provided "Best Management Practices" that will be employed prior to and during blasting activities in order to minimize the generation of fugitive dust on site. 9. Has the Applicant provided adequate plans for sediment & erosion control, management of stormwa[er runoff, and minimization of potential water quality impacts to surface and groundwater resources within [he affected land and surrounding azea including North Clear Creek, as required by Rule 3.1.6? DMG Response - The Applicant has provided a comprehensive sediment and erosion control plan for the site which addresses management of stormwater runoff, and minimizes the potential for impacts to surface and groundwater quality and supply. The Applicant has committed to provide "As-Built Certifications" from a certified registered professional engineer within 60 days of completion of all hydraulic structures and verify that all such structures were properly installed according to the designs provided in the mining and reclamation permit. The Applicant has also committed to conducting an annual survey and maintenance of all drainage structures. The Applicant has committed to securing an appropriate Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) from the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission prior to any discharge offsite, and to securing a well permit or other permit as requved by the Office of the State Engineer prior to exposure of groundwater at the site. Further, the Applicant has committed to backfill within 24 hours any exposed groundwater to a depth of at least two (2) feet where quarry activities have intercepted the groundwater surface, in the absence of an approved permit for exposure of groundwater as required by the Office of the State Engineer. (The two (2) feet of cover requirement is standazd practice for all constmction material sites that have potential ro intercept the groundwater surface during excavation). 10. Has the Applicant demonstrated compliance with applicable Colorado water laws and regulations governing injury to existing water rights, as required by Rule 3.1.6(1)? DMG Response -The Applicant has committed to securing a well permit or other permit as required by the Office of the State Engineer prior to exposure of groundwater at the site. Further, the Applicant has committed to backfill immediately any exposed groundwater with at least two (2) feet of soil material in the absence of an approved permit for exposure of groundwater as requred by the Office of the State Engineer. 11. Has the Applicant submitted an adequate reclamation plan to achieve the postattining land use of "wildlife habitat", as required by Rules 3.1.10 and 6.4.5? Specifically, with respect to re-vegetation and noxious weed control. DMG Response -The Applicant has provided a re-vegetation plan that meets the requirements of Rules 6.4.5 and 3.1.10 and is designed to facilitate reclamation to wildlife habitat. The Applicant's re-vegetation plan specifies measures for establishment of grasses, shrubs, and trees. 12. Has the Applicant provided an adequate estimate of the reclamation cost required to complete the reclamation plan and achieve the desued post-muting land use of wildlife habitat, as required by Rule 6.4.12? Specifically, with respect [o re-vegetation cost. DMG Response - The Applicant has provided an adequate estimate of the reclamation cost required to reclaim 39.28 acres of affected land to wildlife habitat, and has provided itemized costs for seedbed preparation, re-vegetation with a gross mix, and re-establishment of shmbs and trees via tree and shrub transplants. 13. Has the Applicant provided an adequate demonstration of vegetation resources, including wetlands, as required by Rule 6.4.10?