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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources -41 <br /> <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 A <br />* <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 C O L O RA D O <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 D IM S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />FAX: (303) 8322--81810 06 Interoffice Memo MINING <br /> <br /> SAFETY <br />To: Jim Stark <br />% Bill Ritter, Jr. <br /> <br />From: Kent Gorham r(y Governor <br /> James B. Martin <br /> Executive Director <br />CC: Sandy Brown <br />Date: February 9, 2010 <br />RE: 3rd Adequacy review, TR-78, Colowyo Mine <br />I have completed my review of the latest materials submitted (January 18, 2010) for <br />Technical Revision No. 78 (TR-78) for the Colowyo Mine, permit no. #C-81-019. My <br />comments are as follows. <br />General Comments <br />Over 13 months has passed since my first memo on this revision. TR-78 was in direct <br />response to an NOV issued for various hydrologic failures on the Prospect watershed. In the <br />latest responses Colowyo continues to delay any approval through either a non-response or <br />a commitment that they will submit future revisions for a "new PMT" and "a new worst case <br />hydrologic situation in the Prospect watershed". <br />None of their responses are adequate. If future revisions are necessary, I'm not sure what <br />the point of TR-78 really is, other than to appear to comply with the abatement for the NOV. <br />This kind of back and forth is, at best, dysfunctional and serves no purpose other than to <br />prolong any decision and more importantly, put off any real changes in the field that are <br />obviously necessary. <br />Let me know if I can be of further assistance. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines