2012-02-28_REVISION - M1978039HR

• Permit No: M1978039HR
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/28/2012
• Doc Name: NOTICE OF PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE
• From: DRMS
• To: DENISON MINES
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Email Name: RCO
• Email Name: SSS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215 S RECEIVED
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MEMORANDUM
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Denison Mines (USA) Corp.;
Loretta E. Pineda
INFORM; Director
Sheep Mountain Alliance and Center for Biological Diversity c/o
Energy Minerals Law Center.
Bob Oswald, DRMS
Sunday Group of Mines, Notice of Pre - hearing Conference
February 16, 2012
The Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety will convene a Pre - hearing Conference to address issues
involved with the Amendments (consisting of the Environmental Protection Plans) filed by Denison
Mines (USA) Corp., for permitted mines in their Sunday Group of Mines (which consists of five permits:
M- 1977 -285, M -1977 -416, M- 1978 -039 HR, M- 1980 -055 HR, M- 1981 -021.)
The Pre - hearing Conference is scheduled for Friday, March 2, 2012, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The
conference will be held at the Reams Construction Company building, located at 28490 Highway 141,
Naturita, Colorado. (Enter the building's front entrance and proceed to the ground level conference
room.) Ms. Sandra Brown has been appointed to preside as the Pre- hearing Conference Officer.
The Pre - hearing Conference will be held to describe the Division's Amendment review process, to
explain the rights and responsibilities of parties, to discuss and resolve issues to the extent possible, to
describe the Board Hearing processes, to propose a list of issues under the Board's jurisdiction, to
simplify that list, and to identify parties. Lists of any exhibits and witnesses the parties intend to
present at the Formal Board Hearing must be exchanged between the parties at the Pre- hearinL-
Conference in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2.6(2). Failure to participate in the Pre -
hearing Conference will result in the loss of your party status.
After the conference the Pre - hearing Conference Officer will prepare a proposed Pre - hearing Order. The
proposed Pre - hearing Order will be made available to all parties prior to the Formal Board Hearing. The
proposed Pre - hearing Order will contain a list of the parties, provide a recommended list of issues to be
considered by the Board, and outline a schedule for the hearing with time allotments set for presentations
by each party and the Office. The conditions of the Pre - hearing Order are not final until adopted or
approved by the Board at the Formal Board Hearing. Any party has the right to file a motion to the Board
to review any decision of the Pre - hearing Officer according to the provisions of Rule 2.6(1).
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