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STATE OF COLUI~~~, ~~ ~ ~~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ~ Roy Romer Governor Lawrence Shaver {~nl\/:=1~ G r lames 5. Lochhead Rio Grande County Road Department QFrI''~ E.ecmive Director 4,! ~ P. O. Box 46 Michael B. Long Monte Vista, Colorado 81144 Division Director RE: Rio Grande Country Mining Operations, Annual Reports, Permit No.'s M-78-066, M-78-065, M-78-070, M-78-069, M-78-068 November 20, 1996 DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Drparlmem of fJar ural Reanirces 1 31 3 Sharman SI ,Room ? 1 5 Dem~rr. Colorado HO?03 Phone: 13031 8G6~ 1567 FAX 13031 H3?-8106 Dear Mr. Shaver: Thank you for the timely submittal of annual reports for the Rio Grande County mining operations. The reports were reviewed and the following concerns were noted. Question no. 2 on the report form asks if the mine has been granted temporary cessation ITC) status. Rule 1 .13.5 requires notice of temporary cessation to be submitted for operations that are idle for 180 days or more. Additionally, for operations idle more than 5 years, the operator must request a 5 year extension to the initial 5 year temporary cessation period. This request must be presented to, and approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board (Boardl. Some of the annual reports for Rio Grande County operations indicate they have been inactive for the past year. These operations should be in TC. However, to date, notice of TC has not been submitted as required. If these operations are not activated (either mining or reclamation activitiesl, a notice of TC must be submitted as per Rule 1.13.5 (copy enclosedl. Alternatively, for operations that are intermittently active, and for operations that are currently active, but operate less than 180 days per year, Rio Grande County may opt to request intermittent operation status as provided for in Rule 1 .13.7. This type of request must be in the form of an application for technical revision and must contain the information required when submitting a notice of TC as per Rule 1 .13.5. Question no. 3 asks if the operation has a phased reclamation plan. To clarify, this means that reclamation of part of the permit area is taking place while other areas are being mined. Some large mines do this to keep their acreage disturbed at any one time down to a minimum. Questions no. 4 and no. 5 are asking how much new acreage was either disturbed or reclaimed during the past year. For sites that were inactive, these blanks should show 0 acres affected and 0 acres reclaimed during the report year. For sites that were active, these blanks should accurately indicate how many acres were affected and/or reclaimed in the past year. Question no. 6 inquires about information on reclamation performed at each site to date, not just during the past year. Please fill in all blanks with the correct acreage in each stage of reclamation for the entire permit area. If none of the acreage at a specific site has been partially or fully reclaimed, please fill in these blanks on that sites report with zeros.