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999 <br /> CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM COMPANY r/� coLORADO OPERATIONS <br /> Climax Mine <br /> A Division of Cyprus Climax Metals Co. I'iWy.91 <br /> Climax,Colorado 80249 <br /> June 6, 1997 ✓j Fax:(719)486-22511 <br /> Hand Delivered ''7-7 <br /> ���r,�' <br /> Mr. Allen Sorenson / 4 O � <br /> Division of Minerals and Geology t/ &� <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 �" p�✓I! <br /> Denver, CO 80203 v6t <br /> Dear Mr. Sorenson: <br /> The Climax Molybdenum Company (CMC) is in receipt of the Division's adequacy review letter of <br /> June 3 received via facsimile on June 4, 1997. This letter serves as a point-by-point response to <br /> the remaining issues required for approval of Amendment AM-003. Climax would appreciate <br /> prompt review and approval of the amendment prior to the June 16 approval date due to <br /> construction window constraints associated with the 3-Dam capping project. <br /> 1. CMC is not disputing the incorporation of interceptors into the affected land area for the <br /> Climax Mine. Item number 3 (iv) of the Division's adequacy review letter dated April 20, <br /> 1997, states that "...CMC has never requested, and the Division has never conducted, a <br /> bond release type inspection of the interceptor system.." CMC is making the observation, for <br /> the record, that the interceptors were not part of the bonded affected area in the 1989 <br /> Amendment, AM-002. AM-003 incorporates, and bonds, interceptors as affected land area <br /> for the Climax Mine. <br /> 2. Attached is a revised cost calculation for the financial warrantee using the 5% administration <br /> cost of $195,951.00. The total amount of bond adjustment for Amendment Am-003 is <br /> $4,114,972. A rider for this increased financial warrantee is attached. <br /> 3. CMC suggests that the Division and CMC agree to address final slope criteria for the 3-Dam <br /> borrow areas as reclamation occurs in the fall of 1997. The current reclamation plan for many <br /> affected areas at the Climax Mine calls for grading to a 3H:1V slope where practical. Where <br /> practical and feasible, CMC is willing to discuss, with the Division, final slope configurations of <br /> 31-1:1V for the borrow areas that recognizes the.presence of indurated materials, the access, <br /> egress, and borrow area development conducted by the contractor, and borrow area <br /> configurations with respect to the overall slope. Because the reclamation needs for the <br /> borrow areas will not be known until the extent of disturbance has been determined, slope <br /> considerations for the disturbance can most pragmatically be evaluated after the disturbance <br /> has occurred. CMC concurs with the Division that slopes in the borrow areas are, generally, <br /> less than 2H:1V. <br /> Thank you in advance for your prompt reply. Please contact me with any questions. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> GBryce Romig <br /> Environmental Coordinator <br /> Climax Mine <br />