PERMFILE136318

• Permit No: M1997089
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/17/1997
• Doc Name: RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR ACT AND RULES AND REGULATIONS WRITTEN COMPLAINT SUBMITTED 11-13-97 STONE GRAVEL
• From: DMG
• To: SUSAN CAMPBELL BELL
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 51., Room 21 5
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAY: 1303) 832-8106
November 17, 1997
Susan Campbell Bell
P.O. Box 312
Cortez, CO 81321
DENVER OFFICE
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RE: Received Payment for Act and Rules and Regulations,
Written Complaint Submitted 11/13/97,
Stone Gravel Pit, Permit No. M-97-089.
Dear Ms. Bell:
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
lames S. Lochhead
Executive Dnecior
nuchael B. Long
Division Director
On 1 1 /13197, DMG received your payment for the Act and Rules and Regulations,
previously provided on 10/29/97. Please find enclosed, receipt no. 4720, for the $8.00
payment. Thank you for the prompt payment.
On 11 /13/97, DMG also received your letter, dated 11 /1 1 /97, addressing equipment at
or near the proposed Stone Gravel Pit site, and requesting an "onsite survey". Pursuant
to the possible mining/prospecting issues identified within your letter, DMG will conduct
an on-site inspection of the proposed Stone Gravel Pit site in the near future. However,
please note that DMG jurisdiction is limited to mining and/or prospecting issues, as
defined in the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction
Materials, 34-32.5-101 et seq., C.R.S. (1995 Repl. Vol.), and the Construction Materials
Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board.
A statement in the third paragraph of your 11/11/97 letter, is incorrect. The following
clarification is provided for the record.
Third paragraph of your 11/11/97 letter states, "...You called me back at
approximately 10:00 a.m. to let me know that it was confirmed that the person
owning the grazing rights was cleaning out the pond and that the equipment
probably was owned by Norman Utley."
Clarification -After our phone conversation from 1 1 /7/97, I contacted Clyde
Johnson of the BLM, to inquire whether BLM had authorized anyone to utilize
equipment at or near the proposed Stone Gravel Pit site. Mr. Johnson indicated
that BLM had authorized the grazing permittee to excavate sediment from an
existing stock pond. Mr. Johnson did not indicate to me that Norman Utley was
involved. At no time during any of our phone conversations have I mentioned
Norman Utley, nor have I suggested that Mr. Utley may be involved.