2008-02-29_REVISION - C1981044

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/29/2008
• Doc Name: Incompleteness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: BTU Empire Corporation
• Type & Sequence: RN5
• Email Name: JRS
• 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]
29 February 2008
Mr. Jerry Nettleton
BTU Empire Corporation
29515 RCR 27
Oak Creek, CO 80467

Re: Eagle 5 & 9 Mines C-1981-044
Permit Renewal 05 Incompleteness Letter
Dear Mr. Nettleton:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- St -
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division has received your 19 February 2008 submittal of the application for Permit
Renewal 05 (RN-05) for the Eagle 5 & 9 Mines. The Eagle 5 & 9 Mines permit will expire
on 6 September 2008. Pursuant to Rule 2.08.5, the BTU Empire Corporation will retain the
right of successive renewal for the Eagle 5 & 9 Mines, Colorado Permit No. C-1981-044, if a
complete application is filed with the Division no later than 10 March 2008.
Based on a preliminary review of the materials provided by BTU Empire Corporation in
accordance with Rule 2.08.5(2)(b), the Division must deem the application for RN-05
incomplete. The following items will need to be adequately resolved by BTU Empire
Corporation prior to the Division deeming the application for RN-05 complete. Once the
application for RN-05 has been deemed complete, the Division will conduct its technical
adequacy review of the Eagle 5 & 9 Mines permit.
1. There is a discrepancy between the acreage numbers-listed in the RN-05 _ _ _
- - -application and the attached proposed public notice. The RN-OS application lists
a total surface acreage number of 6,361 acres (375 acres Federal, 1,975 acres
State and 4,011 acres private) while the public notice lists an acreage number of
8,840 acres (no breakdown given). The Division's Permit System lists a total
surface acreage of 6,363 acres (375 acres Federal, 1,979 acres State and 4,009
acres private). Please check the acreage numbers and amend either the RN-05
application or the proposed public notice (or both) as necessary and resubmit
them to the Division.
2. There is a discrepancy between the USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle maps listed in
the RN-05 application and the proposed public notice. The maps listed in the
RN-05 application are Round Bottom and Monument Butte while the maps listed
in the proposed public notice are Round Bottom and Castor Gulch. The Division
believes that the correct quadrangle maps are the Round Bottom and Castor
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