2011-12-19_PERMIT FILE - P2011032

• Permit No: P2011032
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 12/19/2011
• Doc Name: Deficiency issues for an NOI
• From: DRMS
• To: Reardon Steel LLC
• Email Name: WHE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 13, 2011
Mike Thompson
Reardon Steel, LLC
18050 Road G
Cortez, CO 81321
RE: Deficiency Issues for a Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting,
Oyama Tunnel Exploration Project, NOI No. P- 2011 -032.
Dear Mr. Thompson:
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
STATE OF COLORADO
John W Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E Piteda
Director
The public comment period for the Oyama Tunnel Exploration Project closed on November 28,
2011. The Division received no comments.
Please be advised the NOI for the Oyama Tunnel Exploration Project is deficient and the
proposed activities may not proceed until all deficiency issues have been addressed to the
Division's satisfaction. Pursuant to Rule 5.1.3(b), if the following deficiency issues are not
addressed to the Division's satisfaction within 60 days, by February 11, 2012, the Division may
terminate the NOI for the Oyama Tunnel Exploration Project.
1. The NOI indicates affected lands will be reclaimed to support mining post- mining land
use. Please note "mining" is not one of the options provided under Rule 3.1.1. Please
revise the NOI to affirmatively state affected lands will be reclaimed to one of the
beneficial post- mining land uses provided under Rule 3.1.1, and provide a reclamation
plan which supports the selected post- mining land use.
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
—&—
SAFETY
2. The application form proposes 0.58 acres affected lands. Figure 2, Site Map, and Figure
A -3, Project Survey Map, label the 0.58 acre area as future disturbance and delineate a
2.60 acre permit boundary. Please clarify the difference between affected lands and the
permit boundary. Application documents indicate the proposed activities will utilize the
existing sediment pond, the existing portal, portions of the existing waste rock stockpile,
and possibly additional areas to support the proposed activities. Pursuant to Rule
1.1(4), such areas are defined as affected lands, but such areas are not included within
the proposed 0.58 acre boundary of affected lands. Please increase the declared
affected lands to include all surface areas to be affected and /or re- affected by the
proposed prospecting operation, in accordance with Rule 1.1(4).
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