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a? <br />Fr <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />TAKe PRiaL" <br />3028 East Main Street INAMERFCA <br />Canon City, Colorado 81212 <br />In Reply Refer to: <br />JUL 1 4 2009 3809'Gold Hill <br />(C0200) SC <br />R.T. Heard <br />?O Mount Royale Ventures LLC <br />P.O. Box 19754 <br />Boulder CO 80308 <br />Dear Mr. Heard, <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 16 2009 <br />Division o'.:.clcm <br /> <br />We have recently received information from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety (CDRMS) concerning mining activities you are pursuing at both the Cash and Who Do mines <br />located in Township 1 North, Range 72 West, Section 12. This information mainly consists of <br />correspondence related to your recent Amendment 2 filing with CDRMS. <br />In reviewing this information, we have determined that additional actions are needed to bring this <br />operation into compliance under the federal surface management regulations. <br />All plan of operation modifications need to be reviewed and approved by the BLM prior to <br />implementation, per 43 CFR § 3809.432. The Amendment 2 filing was never reviewed by the <br />BLM prior to its approval by CDRMS on October 10, 2006. Therefore, the Amendment 2 <br />filing will be reviewed by BLM staff and any suggested comments or modifications will need <br />to be discussed with you immediately. <br />• In 2001, the 43 CFR 3809 regulations changed the criteria for which type of activity requires <br />a plan of operations. All activities requiring plans need to be reviewed under the National <br />Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Hence, this operation was never initially assessed under <br />these regulations, however considering the recently filed amendment, would be subject to <br />such an analysis. <br />Only the patented lode claims are legally under private ownership belonging to Mount Royale <br />Ventures, LLC. Any claims that are unpatented remain under federal ownership and should be <br />managed accordingly. Therefore, as identified in the inspection CDRMS conducted on June <br />12, 2009, a BLM bond will be established for this operation, in order for you to be in <br />compliance with the federal requirements, per 43 CFR § 3809.505. <br />We currently have a case file for this operation under our 43 CFR 3809 regulations and have included <br />the information we have recently received from CDRMS. In the future, we would appreciate being