2012-10-15_REVISION - M1977211 (2)

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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St , Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866 -3567 FAX: (303) 832 -8106 October 15, 2012 Mr. Mac Schafer Transit Mix Concrete Company 444 E. Costilla Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Re: Pikeview Quarry (M- 1977 -211) Amendment Application 3, Adequacy Review Comments. Dear Mr. Schafer: Application Form 6.4.2 Exhibit E- Index Map 6.4.4 Exhibit D- Mining Plan Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango STATE OF COLORADO COLORADO DIVISION O F RECLAMATION MINING — &— SAFETY John W. Hickenlooper Governor Mike King Executive Director Loretta E Pineda Director The Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety has completed its preliminary adequacy review of your 112 amendment #3 application. The application was received on July 23, 2012 and was called complete on August 1, 2012. The decision date for this application is October 30, 2012. Please be advised that if you are unable to satisfactorily address any concerns identified in this review before the decision date, it will be your responsibility to request an extension of the review period. If there are outstanding issues that have not been adequately addressed prior to the end of the review period, and no extension has been requested, the Division will deny this application. The review consisted of comparing the application content with specific requirements of Rules 1.6.1, 6.2, 6.4 and 6. 5 of the Minerals Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction Materials. In general the application was substantially adequate. Inadequacies are identified below under the respective exhibit heading, along with suggested actions for correcting them. 1) Please submit corrected pages that resolve the apparent discrepancy in new permit acres as they are shown on the application form (4.46 acres), the index map (4.5 acres), and Exhibit 0 (4.45 acres). The Index map refers to Amendment #4; it should be labeled Amendment #3. In addition, the total added area equals 4.5 acres when it should be 4.46 acres. Please refer to comment 1, above. Please provide a new Index map that is properly labeled. The operator states "It is challenging to design roads without disturbing additional areas for switch backs because the natural slopes above the current disturbed areas are so steep ". The operator further states, "The exact location of access and haul roads are not shown on the figures at this time as the level of detail will be based on field observation during the execution of the plan ". Office of Active and Inactive Mines