PERMFILE119421

• Permit No: M2005045
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/2/2005
• Doc Name: Permit Application - Second Adequacy Review
• From: DMG
• To: Gravel LLC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Na[ural Resources
7 3 7 3 Sherman SL, Room 2 7 5 C O L D RA D Ct
Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION o e
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FAX: [phone] G E O L O G Y

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December 2, 2005 Bill Owens
DEC 0 5 2 Governor
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Durango, CO 81301 Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Gravel, LLC, File No. M-2005-045
Rock Dog #1 112(c) Permit Application- Second Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Carnahan,
Listed below are adequacy review comments for the Rock Dog #1 112 (c) Permit Application, File No. M-2005-
045. The Division o£ Minerals and Geology ("Division") is currently required to make a recommendation
decision no later than mid-December, 2005. This issue is scheduled for the January 11 & 12, 2006 meeting of the
Mined Land Reclamation Board. Therefore a letter from the applicant extending the decision date is necessary.
A recommendation for the application must be made prior to the pre-hearing conference, regarding the January
hearing, which will be scheduled in mid-December, therefore, your response to the following adequacy review
concerns should be submitted to the Division as soon as possible.
1. Rule 6.2.1(2) requires that maps be prepared and signed by a registered land surveyor, professional engineer, or
other qualified person. The Reclamation Map submitted to the Division was not signed or dated. Please submit a
signed copy of this map to the Division.
Rule 6.4.3 Exhibit C- Pre Minin¢ and Mine Plan Man(s) of Affected Land
2. Rule 6.4.3 (d) states that the Pre-Mining and Mine Plan map should reflect the total area tp be involved in the
operation, including the area to be mined and the area of affected lands. Rule 1.1(3) defines affected lands as
including roads. The access road identified on the map indicates, "Access Roadway to Vary with Mining
Direction." This portion of the roadway on the map is paralleled closely by the permit boundary. It is unclear
from this notation, whether the operator intends to alter the location of the roadway with the mining direction,
or whether this notation conveys some other intent. If the location of the road is altered, it appears that it will
fall outside of the permit boundary. Please clarify this notation and be aware that the location of the permit
boundary depicted on the Mine Plan Map is fixed, and cannot be altered to accommodate a feature that is
moved during the mining operation or that is constructed in a location different from that depicted on the
map. Please make the necessary adjustments to this exhibit.
3. The inclusion of the above area into the permit will change the total acreage of the mining permit. Based on
previous information submitted to the Division with this added acreage, the total acreage of the permit
appears to be 212.6. Please confirm or correct this information.
4. As mentioned in the previous adequacy review, the submitted Pre-Mining and Mine Plan Map identifies a
portion of the permit area as "Possible Affected Area." The last adequacy letter stated that if this area is, in
fact, affected during the life of the permit, a revision to the permit, in the form of a technical revision or an
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