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PATRICK <br />ENGINEERING <br />6.4.4 Exhibit D — Mining Plan <br />MEMORANDUM <br />6. The following land, structure and easement owners noted on the Exhibit C- Pre - Mining and Mining Plan <br />Map did not indicate the owner's information or address. Please provide the names of the owners or <br />contact information for the following: <br />a. Power pole and easement owner <br />b. Sligo Cemetery <br />c. United States of America <br />Response: The Pre - Mining Plan Map has been revised to indicate the names and contact information for <br />the above - mentioned land, structure or easement owners. The Sligo Cemetery appears to be owned by <br />the US Forest Service, since it is located on their land. No other ownership documents were found. <br />7. The Applicant states in Methods of Mining section, gravel extraction and processing will be seasonal. <br />Please confirm the applicant intends to operate the site continuously or if the Division should consider <br />the site an "intermittent operation" as defined in C.R.S 34- 32.5- 103(11)(b). <br />Response: A specific reference and definition of "intermittent operation" could not be found in the rule <br />mentioned. However, the applicant intends that the mine be operated for less than 180 days and that <br />operation will resume within one year. The Methods of Mining section has been revised to include this <br />clarification. <br />8. Please revise the first paragraph of the Method of Mining section of the Mining Plan to reference <br />"Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety" in place of "Colorado Division of Mining and <br />Geology" <br />Response: This reference has been revised. <br />9. In the Size of Area to be Worked section the Applicant states, the mining area is split into 4 cells. Please <br />provide the size of each cell and an estimate for the time required for each cell to be mined. Please <br />update Exhibit C- Mining Map accordingly. <br />Response: The Size of Area to be Worked section has been updated to provide the size of each cell and <br />estimated time required for each cell to be mined. Exhibit C1— Pre - Mining Map and the Mining Map <br />have also been updated with this information. <br />10. In the Size of Area to be Worked section the Applicant states, Cell 4 will not be mined until County Road <br />112 is relocated, however in the Pre- & Post Mining Conditions in the Reclamation Plan the Applicant <br />states the road will be relocated during reclamation. Please explain this discrepancy and depict the <br />road relocation on the Reclamation Plan Map. <br />Response: The Pre- & Post - Mining Conditions section in the Reclamation Plan has been revised to <br />indicate that County Road 112 will be relocated prior to mining of Cell 4, not during reclamation as <br />previously stated. The relocation of County Road 112 cannot be described or shown at this time. <br />11. If the Applicant is unable to depict and describe the relocation of County Road 112 at this time, please <br />commit to incorporating the road relocation into the reclamation plan by the submittal of the technical <br />revision, per Rule 1.9, prior to any full reclamation release request being considered by the Division. <br />Page 1 2 <br />