2013-05-10_REVISION - M1977193 (3)

Home Browse Search

Azurite, Inc. 10001 CR 12 P.O. Box 338 Cotopaxi, Colorado 81223 719- 942 -4178 May 5, 2013 Tim Cazier, P.E., Environmental Protection Specialist RECEIVED Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety h1AY 10 ?013 1313 Sherman Street Room 215 L)WISION OF Denver, CO 80203 MININGANDC SAFFTy ,4FETy N RE: Tezak Heavy Equipment Company, Inc. M- 1977 -193 AM -05 Response to April 5, 2013 Preliminary Adequacy Review letter. Dear Mr. Cazier, Responses to the Division's comments will be presented in order made in your April 5ch letter: 1. Applicant name on page 1 has been corrected to read " Tezak Heavy Equipment Co., Inc." Please find a corrected page 1 in this mailing. 2. The main entrance location labels on the Exhibits B, C, and F and on page 2, Item 10 of the application form have been revised and included in this mailing. The revised permit boundaries as shown on all Exhibits included in this mailing reflect the changes proposed in the acreage reduction request submitted to the Division in February 2013. The operator understands that these changes cannot be considered for inclusion in the permit amendment until the acreage reduction process is completed. The Division approved the reduction request on April 9, 2013, and a 30 -day appeal period is in effect. The operator requested a 30 -day extension of decision date by the Division on April 10, 2013, which should put us past the appeal waiting period for acreage reduction. Please notify the operator if there are other factors related to the acreage reduction process that may delay the consideration of this permit amendment beyond May 15, 2013. 4. Mine entrance coordinates have been checked and revised as requested. 5. Exhibits B and C have been revised to show corrected mine entrance coordinates. 6. Topographic detail has been included on Exhibit C Pre - mining and Mine Plan map to all areas not yet disturbed using USGS topographic sourced data and all areas already disturbed (within current permit boundaries) using the operator's latest survey data. These two surveys merge along the west boundary of the current mining permit area and may reflect slight distortion of closely spaced contour lines merging along the boundary between the two data sets. As mining progresses to the west onto BLM lands, the mine operator's survey data will be continued to monitor and represent topographic change as accurately as possible. 7. The easement marked "West Plains" is now a Black Hills Energy asset. The easement contains power lines and poles but no roads. Tezak Heavy Equipment Company, Inc.,