2013-06-28_PERMIT FILE - M2012052

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOUTHERN COLORADO REGULATORY OFFICE 200 SOUTH SANTA FE AVENUE, SUITE 301 REPLY TO PUEBLO, COLORADO 81003 -4270 ATTENTION OF • M �% O iz O�Z June 25, 2013 1' , Regulatory Division SUBJECT: Action No. SPA - 2013 - 00307 -SCO, Providence Gold Mine, Providence Mining LLC, Cripple Creek. Teller County, Colorado Mr. Shannon P. Murphy Providence Mining, LLC 100 West Bennett Ave. P.O. Box 661 Cripple Creek, CO 80813 Dear Mr. Murphy: RECEIVED Pd"1`1 N ? P ?013 41VISION OF REC%AMATION MININGAND SAF�y The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is in receipt of your letter dated June 11, 2013 (from Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety) concerning your proposal to conduct underground gold mining at the Providence Mine near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. `Vc have assigned Action No. SPA - 2013 - 00307 -SCO to this activity. To avoid delay, please include this number in all future correspondence concerning this project. We have reviewed this project in accordance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CND' A) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA). Under Section 404, the Corps regulates the discharge of dredged and fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands. The Corps responsibility under Section 10 is to regulate any work in, or affecting. navigable waters of the United States. Based on your description of the proposed «ork. other information available to us, and current regulations and policy, we have determined that this project will not involve any of the above activities. Therefore, it will not require Department of the Army authorization under the above laws. However, it is incumbent upon you to remain informed of any changes in the Corps Regulatory Program regulations and policy as they relate to your project. The Corps based this decision on an approved jurisdictional determination (JD) that there are no -waters of the United States on the project site. The basis for this approved JD is that the project site contains entirely uplands. The JD form is available at t� ;�.•r��j.u: <acc.arm�.mil!Mis signs:" lZc�TulatorNI 'ro,ranlandPermits!JI).astix. This approved JD is valid for a period of no more than five years from the date of this letter unless new information warrants revision of the determination before the expiration date.