2008-07-16_PERMIT FILE - M2008043

• Permit No: M2008043
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 7/16/2008
• Doc Name: Comment from Montrose County
• From: DRMS
• To: Greg Lewicki & Associates
• Email Name: WHE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) -81067
FAX: [phone]
JUL 18 2008
July 16, 2008 Division 01 E-,ectairnation,
Mining and Safety
Ryan Ellis
Greg Lewicki & Associates
11541 Warrington Court
Parker, CO 80138
RE: Comment from Montrose County to a 11afYApplication,
Pinion Ridge Pit, File No. M-2008-043.
Dear Mr. Ellis:
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SA ETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee,
On July 7, 2008, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division or
DRMS) received comment to the Pinion Ridge Pit application from Montrose County. Copy of
the comment from Montrose County, dated July 1, 2008, is enclosed for your records.
Pursuant to Sections 34-32.5-109(3) and 34-32.5-115(4)(d) of the Colorado Land Reclamation
Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials, 34-32.5-101 et seq., C.R.S. (the Act), the
Operator is responsible for assuring that the mining operation comply with county and county
land use regulations, and the Division cannot approve any application which is contrary to the
laws or regulations of local permits, licenses, and approvals, as applicable to the specific
operation. Copy of the Construction Materials Act and Rules are available at the Division's web
site at www.mining.state.co.us.
Therefore, please inform the Division how the Applicant intends to comply with the requirements
identified by Montrose County in their July 1 st correspondence.
Please contact me at the Division's office in Durango at 691 County Road 233, Suite A-2,
Durango, CO 81301, phone [phone], if you have any questions. Please note the change
in address for the Division's office in Durango.
Si er y,
Wallace H. En?. son
Environmental Protection Specialist
Enclosure: Comment from Montrose County, dated July 1, 2008
cc: Brian Wilson, Montrose County Engineer
Tony Waldron, DRMS
Office of Office of
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