PERMFILE125177

• Permit No: M2002068
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/29/2002
• Doc Name: Decision Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Rick Ensminger
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 21 S
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Permittee: Rick Ensminger
Operation: Ensminger Pit
Permit No: M-2002-068
PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
D I V 1 5 1 0 N O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Atting Division Director
WHEREAS, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-32-101 et sue. (the "Act"), as
amended, and the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials,
C.R.S. 34-32.5-101 et sue. (the "Act"), as amended, provides that no permit may be issued under the Ac[ until
the Mined Land Reclamation Board (the "Boazd") receives a performance warranty (or wattan[ies) [ha[ is a
written promise to comply with all applicable requirements of the Act.
WHEREAS, Rick Ensminger (the "Permittee"), has applied for a permit to conduct a mining operation
known as Ensminger Pit (the "Operation") on certain lands in Phillips County, Colorado. These lands are
described in the permit application, as amended and supplemented, and aze referred to herein as the "Affected
Lands".
WHEREAS, in its application for the permit, the Permittee has agreed to be bound by all requirements
of the Act and all applicable roles and regulations of the Boazd, as amended from time to time.
WHEREAS, the Board has determined, in accordance with the Act, that the estimated costs of
reclamation with regard to those affected ]ands in Phillips County which aze now or may become subject [o
the permit aze those amounts for the stated periods of time as set forth in the financial warranty, which may
be amended from time to time to reflect revised estimates of said costs of reclamation.
WHEREAS, the Permit[ee hereby gives the Board a performance warranty pursuant to
Section 34-32-117(2) or Section 34-32.5-117(2) of the Act, and herein promises the Board that it will comply
with all applicable requirements of the Act with regazd to those Affected Lands.