2006-01-24_REVISION - M2005021 (2)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 7313 Sherman St., Roam 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3567 FAX: (303) 832$106 January 24, 2006 ~/~ Mr. Greg Gibson Greg Lewicki and Associates l/ 11541 Warrington Court Parker Colorado 80138 RECEIt/ED JAN 3 02006 p;Y,;,uu oP tdinnrels and GealopM RE: Anderson Pit, File No. M-2005-021, S and Adequacy Review of Amendment No. Application Dear Mr. Gibson: COLORADO DIVISION O F MIN &RALS GEOLOGY PEC EANATION•MINING SAFETY•sQEN CE Bill Owens Governor Russell George Executive Director Ronald W. Canany Division Director ~=~ Natural Resource Trustee 1 to the 112c DMG has completed review of your response to the preliminary adequacy review of the application fora 112c permit for the Anderson Pit site. This response was submitted in the form of an Amendment (AM-01) to the Anderson Pit application. The application, including the AM-01, cannot be approved until the following remaining issues whose item numbers correspond to the November 22, 2005 adequacy review, are adequately addressed. Please submit a response to the following issues as soon as possible, but no later than the decision due date set for January 25, 2006. )f you cannot respond by January 25, 2006 please submit a written request for extension of the decision date. If your response, or an extension request, are not received by January 25, 2006 this application may be denied. ADEQUACY ISSUES 14. Please either demonstrate how operations will be managed and what monitoring program will be conducted to ensure groundwater levels do not fluctuate more than two feet at the location of large trees on the Fredlund property adjacent to the proposed permit area, provide a commitment to not mine within 200 feet of the large Fredlund trees until a demonstration is submitted indicating those trees will not be adversely affected, submit evidence that those trees no longer exist, or provide a signed, notarized statement from Marjorie Fredlund indicating that she will not hold the permittee or DMG liable for any adverse impacts to those mature trees that may be affected by this mining operation. 37. The reclamation map has been revised to show that the two discharge pipes installed on the Hutchins property remain after mining. The eastern pipe is to be used for irrigation of trees to be planted in that buffer area and is most likely useful for that purpose after mining is complete. However, the sediment pond discharge pipe (west pipe) does not appear to have any beneficial use after mining and will need to be removed. Please revise the reclamation map and Exhibit L accordingly. DMG will finalize the reclamation cost estimate calculation upon receipt of the response to this review. If you need additional information, please contact me at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 South Third Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, telephone no. 970-243-6368. Sincerely, Steve S. Shuey Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Office of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey