2008-02-29_PERMIT FILE - M2001060

• Permit No: M2001060
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 2/29/2008
• Doc Name: Preliminary adequacy review
• From: DRMS
• To: 3B Enterprises, LLC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
D O L O o N D O
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING
- &-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
@~~~`~~ Harris D. Sherman
o` Executive Director
MAR 0 3 200 Ronald W. Cattany
February 29, 2008 Division Director
Division of Reclamation,
Natural Resource Trustee
Mr. Steve Baker Mining and Safety
3B Enterprises, LLC
P.O. Box 1665
Craig, CO 81626
Re: Deakins Pit, 112 Permit No. M-2001-060, Amendment Application, Preliminary Adequacy Review.
Dear Mr. Baker:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has begun the review process for the above referenced 112
amendment application. The project appears to be a straight forward request to expand the permit area. A review
of the application has only a few minor clarifications and issues to address.
1) Please provide a. legal description that describes the proposed additional acreage, Exhibit "A" provided by
the applicant desicribes the original permit acreage and does not include the proposed additional acreage.
2) Per Rule 6.4.3(d), please provide maps that detail the proposed added permit area. The maps provided only
identify the exisl:ing permit boundary and the outlines of the parcels to be added to the permit area.
3) Per Rule 6.4.3(e), please specify the type of present vegetation covering the proposed affected lands.
4) Our records search with the Office of the State Engineer (Division of Water Resources) indicates that Well
Permit No. 59661 is no longer in good standing. Please submit documentation that states the current status
of Well Permit No. 59661. If this well permit is brought in to good standing will it cover evaporative loss
from the expansiion of the pit area?
5) Per Rule 6.4.4(e), please provide more information as to the predicted timeline of the mining operation. The
information provided only covers 8 acres in the summer of 2008.
6) In Exhibit "C", what is meant by of Phase I to take place immediately following and to be completed by
summer 2006? ][s this supposed to say summer of 2008?
7) Per Rule 6.4.6, please submit a reclamation map that shows the proposed permit boundary of additional
permit area, and be sure that each phase of the mine is identified. Also, be sure to include the proposed final
elevations.
8) Per Rule 6.4.7, the operation is expected to directly affect the groundwater system within the permit area
through exposure. Please locate on the map (in Exhibit C) tributary water courses, wells, springs, stock
water ponds, reservoirs, and ditches on the affected land and on adjacent lands where such structures may
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