PERMFILE114473

• Permit No: M1999002
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/23/1999
• Doc Name: ADEQUACY OF THE APPLICATION 2ND ADEQUACY LETTER
• From: DMG
• To: AMERICAN SODA LLC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORP~DO
~ROM1~ : DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
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1313 Sherman 57.. Room ? 15
Denver, Colorado 80'_03
Phone: [phone]
FAX: 003) 83L8106
May 23. 1999 /
Mr. Kurt Nielsen
ID: American Soda, LLC
c/o S[eigers Corporation
65~ I S. Revere Parkway. Suite 250
Englewood, CO 80111-6411
Doc. NAw~~:
RE: Ade~acy of the Application. Second Adequacy Letter
Yankee Gulc~ ile No. M-99-002
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
E.veculive Dueaor
Michael B. Long
Divivon DneUOr
Dear Mr. Nielsen:
The following issues remain [o be addressed for the Yankee Gulch Project reclamation permit application to
meet the minimum requirements of [he Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act for permit issuance. Please
respond to each of the listed items prior [o the established date for consideration of the application of June 3,
1999 or provide a written request for an extension. i:ieally. your response to this letter would be provided
r.v later than ;one 1, 1999 to allow edequ~~[e hme is review the respcrsoc nnor to me date for consideration.
1. The wildlife mitigation plan requires tree plantings. in order to estimate costs to implement this
requirement please quantify the number of trees to be planted at the point of maximum surface disturbance
during the life of the project. Also, break out an estimate of the maximum number of ponderosa pine
samplings that may need to be planted. Since the plan requires ponderosa saplings grown from local parent
stock, the cost for planting these trees will be substantially higher than for the pinyon [ubelings. An on site
nursery or a special arrangement with an off-site nursery may be required. The Division of Minerals and
Geology (DMGj estimates that the cost for ponderosa saplings may be as high as $10.00 per tree.
2. The wildlife mitigation plan requires off-site habitat improvement. As long as the required off-site
measures keep pace with the permitted solution mining disturbance, there would be no reclamation bonding
implications. However, if the off-site mitigation were to lag the mining disturbance at any point, sufficient
bond must be in-place to implement the habitat improvements on the lagging acreage. Please provide a
commitment to complete all required wildlife habitat improvement projects a[ a 2.5:1 acreage ratio prior to
mining related surface disturbance or specify an acreage amount, at the same ratio, that would requiie
bonding for wildlife improvements.
3. Page 2 of Table 1 is missing from the final Soil Conservation, Erosion, and Sediment Control,
Reclamation, and Revegetation Plan submitted to the DMG on April 20, 1999. Please provide five copies of
this missing page.
4. In the inrormation ou the prefu~ed P~ceance Slte storm water re;enter, pond provided to the DMG,
it is stated that the pond embankment will be constructed in accordance with General Specification GC-01 -
Site Work. It is assLlmed that the pond embankment will be built in accord with Section 53 of the General