2007-05-23_REVISION - M1988112

• Permit No: M1988112
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/23/2007
• Doc Name: Extended Decision Date and Formal Public Hearing
• From: DRMS
• To: Interested Parties/Persons
• Type & Sequence: AM2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1373 Sherman St., Room 275 ~~~~I• .~D
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Denver, Colorado 80203
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Division of Reclamati0rt,
Mining and Safety
May 17, 2007
Notice to Parties and Interested Pers
RE: Extended Decision Date and Formal Public Hearing,
Battle Mountain Resources, Inc., Amendment No. 2 (AM-02),
San Luis Project; Permit No. M-1988-112. ~~
Dear Party and/or Interested Person:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SA ETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Caltany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
On May 10, 2007, the Division received a request from Battle Mountain Resources (the "Applicant"), to
extend the decision date for AM-02. The extension was requested to allow the Applicant additional time
to satisfy adequacy issues identified by the Division in the AM-02 application. Pursuant to Rule 1.4.1(9)
of the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rock,
Metal and Designated Mining Operations ("Rules" or "Rule"), the Division has approved the request for
extension.
Due to the extension request, the Formal Board Hearing, previously scheduled for June 13-14, 2007, has
been vacated, and a new date will be set in the future.
At this time the extension is open-ended. Pursuant to Rule 1.8.1(6), a new decision date will be
determined within five working days after the Division receives the Applicant's response to the adequacy
issues raised by the Division. If the Applicant's response results in only minor changes to the plans
proposed in AM-02, the response will be processed as a Technical Revision, as defined by Rule 1.1(52).
In that case, pursuant to Rule 1.8.4(1), the decision date will be extended not less than twenty days after
the date of filing of the Technical Revision. However, if the Applicant's response represents a significant
change to AM-02, and/or increases the acreage of the affected lands proposed in AM-02, the response
shall constitute an amendment, as defined by Rule 1.1(6). An amendment requires a substantial review
period, which includes public notices and a public comment period, similar to the original filing of AM-02.
As explained above, the new dates for consideration of AM-02 depend upon the nature of the Applicant's
response to the adequacy issues raised by the Division. Pursuant to Rule 1.6.1, the Division shall
provide timely notice of the new decision date, and the new dates, times and locations for the Pre-
hearing Conference and Formal Board Hearing, to the public and all Parties and Interested Persons, as
soon as such dates are determined.
Please contact me at the Division's office in Durango, which is located at 701 Camino del Rio, Room
125, Durango, Colorado, 81301, phone number [phone], if you have any questions.
Sjncer~Vy
Wallace H. ~kson
Environmental Protection Specialist
Enclosure: Certificate of Service
cc: Tony Waldron
Ofiice of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines