PERMFILE50596

• Permit No: M2002004
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 4/25/2002
• Doc Name: Extend Public Comment Period
• From: DMG
• To: Martha Anne Booth
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman S[., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Apri125, 2002
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Martha Anne Booth
Bill Owens
1625 Bonforte Blvd. 9-A Governor
Pueblo, CO 81001-1655 Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Michael B, Long
Subject: Your Request 4°...Extend The Period For Public Comment On The Proposed Rio Grande Division Director
Portland Cement Plant For Another 70 Days" Io regard to A Permit Application Filed by GCC
Rio Grande, Inc., File Number M-2002-004 Red Rock Cement Plant and Limestone Mine
Dear Ms. Booth:
On April 23, 2002, the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) received your comment letter dated April 20, 2002. In
this letter you requested the comment period be extended another 70 days.
C.R.S. 34-32.5-114 (PROTESTS AND PETITIONS FOR A HEARING} THE COLORADO LAND
RECLAMATION ACT FOR THE EXTRACTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. states the following: An
aggrieved person has the right to file written objections to and any person has the right to file written statements in
support of an application for a permit and to petition for a hearing. Such protests or petitions for a hearing shall be filed
with the board or office not more than twenty days after the date of last publication of notice made pursuant to section
34-32.5-112 (9). For good cause shown in such protest or petition documents, the board may, in its discretion, hold a
hearing pursuant to section 34-32.5-115 to determine whether the permit should be granted. The applicant shall be
notified within ten days after any objections are filed with respect to the application and shall be supplied with a copy of
the written objections:'
The above paragraph of the Act does not allow for extension of the public comment period. The DMG is bound by the
provisions of the Act and must conduct itself accordingly. Your comments and objections will be considered as they
apply to the compliance of the permit application with the Act and Rules.
Thank you for your interest in [his permit application.
Sincerely~~/~ ~ ,
Al Amundson, P.E.
Environmental Protection Specialist
Xc: James Stevens, DMG
Anthony Waldron, DMG
Brian D. McGill
Rio Grande Portland Cement Company
PO Box 100
Tijeras, NM 87059-0100
M1002-004/Exteosiov Request Aprd 25, 2002