2008-07-17_PERMIT FILE - M2008043

• Permit No: M2008043
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 7/17/2008
• Doc Name: Adequacy Issues
• From: DRMS
• To: Greg Lewicki & Associates- Ryan Ellis
• 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: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
July 17, 2008
Ryan Ellis
Greg Lewicki & Associates
11541 Warrington Court
Parker, CO 80138
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JJUL 212003
Division of Rccl-amafion,
Mining and Safety
VIA FACSIMILE [phone] and US MAIL
RE: Adequacy Issues fora 110 Application,
Pinion Ridge Pit; File No. M-2008-043:`
Dear Mr. Ellis:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAT Y
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
On July 10, 2008, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division or
DRMS) determined the 110 permit application for the Pinion Ridge Pit (the Application) to be
complete for the purposes of filing. Pursuant to Rule 1.4.6(1) of the Mineral Rules and
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction
Materials (Rule), the 30-day decision deadline for the Application is August 9, 2008. The
Application was thorough and concise. However, please be advised that the Application may be
deemed inadequate and may be denied on August 9, 2008 unless the following adequacy
review items can be addressed to the satisfaction of the Division.
Pursuant to Rule 1.6.2(2), please ensure that.copy'of your response to these adequacy issues
and/or any revisions to the Application are placed at the office of the Montrose County Clerk or
Recorder and retained there and available for inspection until final agency action for this
Application has occurred.
Adequacy Issues
1. Pursuant to Rule 1.4.2(3), please submit proof of notice for the public notices
required under Rules 1.6.2(1)(d) and (e).
2. The reclamation seed mix, listed under paragraph 5 of Exhibit D of the Application,
includes Forage kochia. According to Weeds of the West, published by The Western
Society of Weed Science in cooperation with the Western United States Land Grant
Universities Cooperative Extension Services, 5th Edition,_ 1996, Kochia scop'aria can be
toxic to livestock due to elevated nitrate concentrations, and therefore, provides less than
optimum forage for the selected post-mining land use. Please delete Kochia from the
reclamation seed mix and consider adding a species more suitable for a rangeland
vegetative cover, such as Winterfat or Rabbitbrush.
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