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.~1 RUG.25.1997•g12~01PM 10 DID. ?NERRLS&GEOLOGY s• .sa7•~e~e57 P'2i4 P.es <br />~'~ DURA~;CO <br />Received OFFiC~ <br />caiARlas c, xlNxax, ssq. AUG 2 5 1997 <br />5836 Presley Way <br />Oaklnnd, CA 96678 <br />(510) 654-5133 Gurs~oF~s~dOHiee <br />August 25, 1997 ~~0^ a Nfcwrati 8 Geology <br />Mined :,and Reclamation Board FAX (303) 832-8106 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Dept. of Natural Resources <br />State of Colorado <br />1313 Sherman st., Room 215 <br />Dehver~ CD 80203 <br />Re: OBJECTION to the Divisions recommendation or Application <br />#M-97-020 [YOUNG GRAVEL SODRGE]) <br />OBJECTION to the Divisions refusal to issue, denial of <br />automatic approval and/or return of Irrevocable Letter of <br />Credit for Application #M-94-115 [ORION PIT] <br />~- <br />Dear Mined Land Reclamation Hoard: <br />Pursua:.t to the Administrative Procedure Act ('NAPA"~, wa object to <br />the recommendation by the staff of the Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (~~Division^) for the approval or the Application #M-97-ozo <br />[YOVNG GRAVEL SOVRCE] since such a recommendation is directly <br />contra'.! to the holding in o'coT~noR v.. Ro„SfTs (Colo.App. 1994) 89s <br />P.2d 2e7, 229, and request d hearing before the Board regarding the <br />Division's actions. <br />The ov:~ership of the substances to be mined (and the substances <br />that will ba inadvertently mined) is the subject on ongoing <br />litigation in LZielsons. Inc., et al v. Kinney. et al., Montezuma <br />County District Court, Case No. 97 CV 90. sincs the Youngs leased <br />the sane property twice (onco to Stephen Kinney in 1990 and once to <br />Nielsons, Inc. in 1597), only thn District Court (not the staff nor <br />their :.ounsal, Mr. Steve Brown) can determine the actual ownership <br />of eacl; mineral for each of the two lessees. <br />In addition, pursuant to the APA, we object to the Division's <br />refusal to issue or recommend, denial of automatic approval, and/or <br />,,-e return of the irrevocable Letter of Credit for the issuance oP <br />Application #M-94-liS (ORION PIT) since that application has been <br />automatically approved under construction Mineral Rules and <br />RegVla~kions, Rule 1.4.11(3) (orf. Jan., 1996], and request a <br />hearing before the Hoard regarding the Division's actions (or a <br />joint gearing !or both objections). <br />6inceralY, <br />~~ <br />Charles C. K nnay <br />CGR/rr <br />00318 <br />