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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O R A D O <br />Denver <br />Colorado 80203 ~ t v 1 s t o N o f <br />, <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 RECLAMATION <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 [vtlN ING <br /> - ~z - <br /> SAFETY <br /> Bill Ritter, Jr. <br /> Governor <br />MEMO Harris D. Sherman <br /> Executive Director <br /> <br />MINERALS PROGRAM <br />INFORMATION Ronald W. Cattany <br />, Division Director <br /> Natural Resource Trustee <br />TO: Whom It May Concern <br />FROM: The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />DATE: October 2, 2001 <br />Revised October 19, 2001, August 2, 2004, and January 12, 2006 <br />RE: Guide to Citizen Participation in the 112 Reclamation Permit Application Process <br />for Construction Material and Hard Rock/Metal Mining Operations <br />Thank you for taking the time to be involved in the State of Colorado's process of reviewing <br />applications for new mining operations or amendments to existing permits. The purpose of this <br />memo is to explain the 112 Reclamation Permit application process for construction material <br />and hard rock metal mining operations, your rights as either a party or anon-party, and the <br />jurisdiction of.the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or the Board). <br />BACKGROUND <br />Authority. The Minerals Program of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS or <br />the Division) and the Board operate under the provisions of the Construction Materials Act if the <br />application is for the extraction of construction materials or the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act for non-construction materials such as gold molybdenum and others (the Acts). <br />Construction materials include rock, clay, silt, sand, gravel, limestone, dimension stone, marble <br />or shale extracted for use in the production of nonmetallic construction products. The Acts are <br />available at our Web site at http://www.mining.state.co.us/rulesandregs.htm, or Title 34, Articles <br />32 and 32.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS), which may be accessed through the state <br />web site, www.colorado.gov(http~//198187.128.12/colorado/Ipext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs- <br />main.htm&2.0). <br />The Acts were passed by the Colorado Legislature, and the Board has developed rules and <br />regulations that determine how the Division administers the Acts. The rules and regulations are <br />also available on the Division's Web site, and are officially titled the "Mineral Rules and <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction <br />Materials" (Construction Materials Rules) and "Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Denver Grand Junction Durango <br />Office of <br />Active and Inactive Mines <br />