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STATE OF COLORADODIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O R A D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ;? D I V1 S I O NJ o f <br />'?*I' ?A ?" RECLAMATON <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567: M MINING <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br /> SAFETY <br /> John W. Hickenlooper <br />February 4, 2011 Governor <br /> Mike King <br /> Executive Director <br />Mark Cape <br />Colorado Mining Enterprises, LLC <br />E. PiReda <br />Director <br />5967 Harrison Drive, Unit 7 <br />Las Vegas, NV 89120 <br />Re: Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting (NOI), CME Mineral Prospecting Project, File P-2011-002, Notice <br />Complete. <br />Dear Mr. Cape, <br />This office received the follow-up submittals of additional materials for the NOI project named above on January 24 <br />and January 27, 2011. Review of these items indicates that they constituted the items that were lacking, and on <br />January 28, 2011 the NOI packet was deemed complete. The technical adequacy review has begun. <br />The recent submittal included only NOI Form 2, with an added note explaining that there was no confidential <br />information to be withheld from the public files. The Division will therefore not consider any subsequent <br />correspondence or materials as confidential unless they are specifically identified by you as confidential. <br />The following paragraphs discuss several items that must be addressed. Please provide responses to each of the <br />deficiencies in the list below: <br />1. The description of the disturbance from the project includes 1200 LF of significantly upgraded roads, with a <br />width of 20 feet. Does this indicate that the roadbed will be 20-feet wide, or does this width also include the <br />cut and fill slopes? Please describe how you will stabilize the cut and fill slopes during the project, and <br />whether any of the fill will be pulled up and replaced during the reclamation. Finally, are these upgrades <br />being made under the approval of the US Forest Service? <br />2. The disturbance includes four drill pads located along the existing roads. The text describes the average drill <br />pad as 60 feet x 80 feet. According to Map C-3, these areas are much smaller than this. Please explain this <br />discrepancy and revise the descriptions as needed. <br />3. The drilling will involve a total of up to ten drill holes from the four drill pads, with more than one drill hole <br />from most or all of the pads. Are the holes to be vertical, or will they be drilled diagonally? <br />4. The bond amount will include costs for drill hole closure and sealing, and will be based on the maximum <br />number of holes open at one time. Please state how many holes will be open at any one time. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines