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4. The answer to this question is closely related to the issue briefly stated in the request for <br />clarification under adequacy answers received by the DRMS on March 31, 2008, number 6.e. Please <br />note that Rule 5.1.2 does say, in part, that the operator must specify "the measures to be taken to <br />reclaim any affected land consistent with the applicable requirements of Rule 3.1. Among the <br />provisions of Rule 3.1., is Rule 3.1.7 pertaining to ground water protection. Also, please note that Rule <br />5.3.6 requires the prospector to conduct all prospecting"... in such a manner as to comply with all <br />applicable local, state and federal laws, including but not limited to air and water quality laws and <br />regulations..." The DRMS must ensure, as the agency with primacy in protecting ground water quality <br />at DRMS regulated sites, that the prospector is meeting applicable ground water quality provisions. As <br />such, please specify the amount of material to be stores underground, the location of underground <br />storage and the characteristics of the waste rock. Also see the discussion under March 31, 2008 <br />number 6.e. for ground water sampling requirements. <br />Response: COAG Corporation wants to clarify that it will not be producing waste rock; rather it <br />intends to bulk sample from existing tunnel and stope rubble. Therefore, it will not be adding <br />additional rubble or waste rock to what already exist under ground, but will be removing some of the <br />material for analysis. <br />5. Adequate. <br />6. Adequate. <br />Enc(1) Revised site map (The DRMS already has a One Site Prospecting Bond on file.) <br />One additional note, COAG Corporation is placing in the record the instability that has been created by <br />persons other than COAG Corporation on the out-slope of the bench. A significant drainage ditch has <br />been cut at the toe of the slope creating sloughing. COAG Corporation verbally brought this to the <br />Division's attention. The sloughing is extending from outside the area COAG Corporation has shown <br />as its intended affected area on to the affected area, creating a potential safety hazard during <br />prospecting operations. COAG Corporation respectfully requests that the Division address the <br />instability as part of its Franklin Mine site reclamation. <br />Respe ly, <br />H. Bruce Humphries <br />Consultant <br />RPM, Inc. <br />cc: COAG Corporation <br />Mr. Mickey Fouts, CHR and CEO <br />200 S. Wilcox St. #402 <br />Castle Rock, Co 80104