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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />March 7, 2007
<br />Notice to Parties and Interested Persons
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<br />RECEIVED
<br />MAR '- 22001
<br />DIviM nin9 and Sa tycn,
<br />RE: Notice of Extended Decision Date and Formal Public Hearing,//
<br />Battle Mountain Resources, Inc., AmendmenLNo. 2 (AM-02),
<br />San Luis ProjectlPermit No. M-1988-112.
<br />Dear Party and/or Interested Person:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D t V l S l O N O E
<br />REC LAMAT [ON
<br />MINING
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<br />SAFETY
<br />Bin Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald \N. Cottony
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Thank you for taking the time to be involved in the review process for the above referenced permit
<br />application. An explanation of the Division's review process, your rights as either aparty or anon-party,
<br />and the jurisdiction of the Mined Land Reclamation Board (the Board), is provided in the enclosed 12-
<br />page memo, Guide to Citizen Participation. As noted in the citizen's guide memo, in these proceedings
<br />the Division's authority is limited to enforcement of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, 34-32-101
<br />et sea., C.R.S. (the Act), and the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated Mining Operations (the Rules), which can be
<br />accessed on the Division's website, http://mining.state.co.us/.
<br />Pursuant to Rule 1.1(10) and 1.4.1(7), the Division has extended the decision date for AM-02 from March
<br />13, 2007 to May 12, 2007. The sixty (60) day extension is appropriate because the application is
<br />sufficiently complex for the Division to utilize additional professional staff with specific expertise in the
<br />review process, and the application is beyond what the Division considers to be a typical application
<br />review process for the majority of applications received.
<br />The Division has received written objections to AM-02. Therefore, pursuant to Rules 1.4.9(2)(a) and
<br />1.7.4(2), the Division has scheduled the application for a Formal Board Hearing for consideration. The
<br />hearing has been scheduled for the June 13-14, 2007 Board meeting, located at 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Room 318, Denver, Colorado.
<br />Prior to the Formal Board Hearing, the Division will schedule aPre-hearing Conference. The Pre-
<br />hearing Conference will be held to describe the Division's review process, to explain the rights and
<br />responsibilities of parties, to discuss and resolve issues to the extent possible, to describe the Board
<br />Hearing processes, to propose a list of issues under the Board's jurisdiction, to simplify that list, and to
<br />identify parties. All persons who timely objected to this amendment application will receive notice of the
<br />date, time and place of the Pre-Hearing Conference.
<br />Please contact me at the Division's office in Durango, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO
<br />81301, phone (970) 247-5469, if you have any questions.
<br />SinJCe ely, `~),~r
<br />Wallace~rErlckson
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />Enclosure: Certificate of Service
<br />Guide to Citizen Participation
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines
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