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RECEIVM <br />SEP 2 6 2011 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />I. Project Understanding <br />A. Overall Project Plan <br />May by laak, Ane Coatp ie_x V <br />14-lqg( IOC <br />CN -of <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Sections I -III (Project Understanding, Engineering Issues, and Review of Current Submittals) of this <br />document provide an overview of project and review information. <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 2 0 2011 <br />To: Katherine Harrison- Rogers, Project Planner Durango Field Office <br />From: Victoria Schmitt, PE Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Date: August 8, 2011 <br />Subject: Wildcat May Day Idaho Mine Class II Submittal Review — Engineering Comments <br />The following comments reflect engineering review of materials submitted on May 18, 2011 for a Class II <br />land use permit. On the same date, the applicant also submitted materials requesting a variance to road <br />standards, and planning engineering comments were provided on May 20, 2011. The May 20, 2011 <br />comments have not been addressed; thus, the comments herein reiterate those road comments and provide <br />additional comments to cover the overall Class II project. Besides the May 20, 2011 variance comments, <br />comments were also previously provided on March 24, 2011 for the overall class II permit. <br />Sections IV -VII (Submittals Requested in Previous Reviews for Road Variance, Submittals Requested in <br />Previous Reviews for Class II Permit, Submittals Newly Requested Based on May 20, 2011 Class II <br />Materials, and Concluding Submittal Notes) outline information needed in future submittals. These sections <br />may be used as a checklist for the next, and hopefully final, submittal. <br />Access to the May Day Mine Complex is from CR 124 via a private access road of approximately <br />one mile in length. The first portion of the road is new and unpermitted and the latter part is <br />historic. <br />The applicant proposes to have three staging areas along the road to support the project: <br />1. Adjacent to CR 124 where employees will park, portalets will be available, and fuel, oil, and <br />chemicals, mine equipment, and emergency equipment will be transferred <br />2. Near the base of the new unpermitted road and prior to crossing the La Plata River where a <br />mobile crusher and road construction material would be stored <br />3. At May Day Level 2 of the mine complex where fuel, potable water, and a portalet would be <br />located <br />The mine complex itself incorporates four locations — May Day Level 2 (lowest level), May Day <br />Level 1 (mid - level), May Day Level 3 ( "the Lamb "), and Idaho mine site. The applicant plans to <br />extract ore from tunnels or retrieve ore from stockpiles at each of the four locations and process the <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT • 970.382.6263. • 1060 E. 2ND AVE. • DURANGO, COLORADO • 81301 <br />