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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />May 19, 2009
<br />CIEWN,
<br />MAY 2 6 ?000
<br />DhAsion of Recl--na*iw,
<br />Mining and Safety
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Notice to Parties and Interested Persons to the Zellitti Pit Permit Amendment Application Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />RE: Formal Public Hearing for Zellitti Pit 112c application, Permit No. M-1980-246 Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Dear Party:
<br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) has received objections to the
<br />amendment application for the Zellitti Pit.
<br />Therefore, staff has scheduled the matter for Formal Public Hearing before the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board, for consideration of the application. The hearing will occur during the July 8 & 9,
<br />2009 Board meeting at Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 318, Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, commencing at 9:00 a.m. on July 8th and 9th or as soon thereafter as the matter can be
<br />considered. Parties and interested persons will have the opportunity to be heard.
<br />A Pre-hearing Conference has been scheduled to occur on June 19, 2009, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at
<br />the Durango Field Office of the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, located at 691 CR 233,
<br />Suite A-2, Durango, CO 81303. Ms. Sandra Brown will preside as Pre-hearing Conference Officer.
<br />The purpose of the Pre-hearing Conference is to describe the Office's review process, to explain the
<br />rights and responsibilities of parties, to discuss and resolve issues to the extent possible, to describe
<br />the Board Hearing processes, to determine the list of issues under the Board's jurisdiction and to
<br />simplify the list, and to determine who has demonstrated standing to be a party to the Formal Board
<br />Hearing. Lists of any exhibits and witnesses the parties intend to present at the formal hearing
<br />must be exchanged between the parties at the pre-hearing conference. Failure to participate in
<br />the Prehearing Conference will result in the loss of your party status.
<br />After the conference, the Pre-hearing Conference Officer shall cause to be drafted a Pre-hearing Order.
<br />The Pre-hearing Order will be mailed to all parties within 10 working days after the conference and will
<br />contain a list of the parties, provide a recommended list of issues to be considered by the Board, and
<br />outline a schedule for the hearing with time allotments set for presentations by each party and the
<br />Office. The conditions of the Pre-hearing Order are not final until adopted or approved by the Board at
<br />the Formal Board Hearing. Any party has the right to file a motion to the Board to review any decision
<br />of the Pre-hearing Conference Officer according to the provisions of Rule 2.6(1) of the Mineral Rules
<br />and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated
<br />Mining Operations, promulgated May, 1977, amended August, 2001.
<br />The Formal Public Hearing for this issue is scheduled to occur during the July 8 & 9, 2009 meeting of
<br />the Mined Land Reclamation Board at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 318, Denver, Colorado, beginning
<br />each day at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter can be considered.
<br />Please review the informational memo included with this letter, dated October 2, 2001, RE: Citizen
<br />Participation in the 112 Reclamation Permit Application Process Revised October 19, 200, August 2,
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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