2009-11-16_PERMIT FILE - M2009076

• Permit No: M2009076
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 11/16/2009
• Doc Name: Application Items Corrected & Resubmitted, Revision 2
• From: Venture Resources, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: ACS
• 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]
November 6, 2009
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Mr. Ryan J. McHale Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Venture Resources, Inc. Natural Resource Trustee
P.O. Box 1974
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
Re: Second Application Incompleteness Notice, Hukill Gulch Millsite, File No. M-2009-076
Dear Mr. McHale:
On October 23, 2009 the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) received from Venture
Resources a submittal responding to DRMS October 14, 2009 incompleteness notice and intended to make
complete the I I Od Hard Rock/Metal Mining Reclamation Permit Application package for the Hukill Gulch
Millsite, File No. M-2009-076. On October 26, 2009 DRMS received from Venture Resources via email a letter
responding to the DRMS October 24, 2009 letter outlining issues related to pre-mining and post-mining land use
designations included in the permit application. Based on review of these submittals DRMS has determined that
the following items must be satisfactorily addressed before the permit application can be considered submitted
and technical review can begin:
1. Venture Resources' October 23, 2009 submittal includes a 0.043acre increase in the proposed area of affected
land to incorporate tailing and process water pipelines and monitoring we s as required. Provide a breakdown of
the acreage for the upper monitoring well, the lower monitoring well, and he pipeline corridors, and specify the
width(s) for the pipeline corridors to be included in the proposed area of ected land. Also, in the revised
Exhibit E to the permit application provided with the October 23, 2009 submittal the upper water line is labeled
150')" and the lower water and tailing lines are labeled "(+/-1,500')." It appears that these labels refer to
the lengths of the proposed pipelines, but this must be clarified.
2. As stated above, DRMS received Venture Resources' October 26, 2009 letter via email, and via email only.
Currently, DRMS procedures do not provide for inclusion of email submittals into the official record for permits
or permit applications. Therefore, Venture Resources must either mail in or hand deliver. the letter to DRMS.
Presuming this will be done, DRMS has considered the letter in its review of pre- and post-mining land use
designations in item no. three below.
3. The DRMS position on designation of pre- and post-mining land use required for permit applications detailed
in the DRMS letters dated October 14, and October 24, 2409 is founded in the Mined Land Reclamation Act
(Act) and the Mineral Rules and Regulations (Rules) of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB),
and cannot be varied. Therefore, DBMS finds it will be most productive to provide point-by-point responses to
Venture Resources' October 26, 2009 letter in an effort to resolve the contentions contained in that letter, or, at
Venture Resources option, have the matters decided by the MLRB.
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