PERMFILE130892

• Permit No: M1998022
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/1/1998
• Doc Name: RESPONSE TO 4/14/98 COMMENTS CONGER HARVESTING AREA THE GALLEGOS CORP PN M-98-022
• From: DMG
• To: USFS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Deparlmem of Natural Resources
131 3 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80207
Phone: (}031 6663567
FAX: [phone]
May 1, 1998
Tom Kuekes
USFS, Sopris Ranger District
P.O. Box 309
Carbondale, CO 81623
COLORADO
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RE: Response to 4/14/98 Comments,
Conger Harvesting Area, The Gallegos Corporation, Permit No. M-98-022.
Dear Mr. Kuekes:
As requested during our recent phone conversation, I have enclosed a copy of the location
map, geological evaluation, and portion of the mining map for the Conger Harvesting Area
application submitted by The Gallegos Corporation. Similar documents, for the Raymond
Pit, Permit No. M-98-023 application, are being forwarded to you under separate letter.
Slope stability for upslope areas have been addressed by the applicants commitment to
maintain affected slopes at grades not steeper than 2H:1 V (50% slope). The interlocking
faces of the angular talus material may produce stable slopes at grades steeper than
2H:1 V. However, in the absence of an engineering evaluation, demonstrating slope
stability at grades steeper than 2H:1 V, DMG has required and the applicant has agreed to
maintain affected area slopes at no steeper than 2H:1 V. DMG approval of the application
will be stipulated to clarify the permit requirement of 2H:1 V slopes.
Slope stability for downslope areas have been addressed by the enclosed geological
evaluation, conducted by Environmental Assessment Association.
The reclamation Act and Rules do not address operators using USFS lands for employee
housing, therefore this issue is not within DMG jurisdiction. However, DMG has
forwarded a copy of your 4/14/98 letter to the applicant to ensure they are aware of your
concerns.
Regarding your concern for encroachment onto USFS lands, the applicant has satisfied
"right of entry" for properties owned by Robert L. Conger and Robert V. Raymond only,
and not for USFS lands. Should mining/reclamation activities encroach upon USFS lands,