GENERAL47457

• Permit No: C1981048
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/28/1994
• Doc Name: RECLAMATION OF THE TRINIDAD BASIN MINE LAS ANIMAS CNTY COLO REVOKED PN C-81-048
• From: DMG
• To: A L CICIA
• Permit Index Doc Type: RECLAMATION PROJECTS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denvcr, CO 80203
Phone. [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 28, 1994
A.L, Cicia
611 South Pennsylvania
Denver, CO 80209
Re: Reclamation of the Trinidad Basin Mine
Las Animas County, Colorado
Revoked Permit No. C-81-048
Dear A.L. Cicia:
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The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology is preparing the bid document for final reclamation
of the revoked Trinidad Basin Mine (TBM) site. The Division mailed a letter to you dated
October 15, 1993, in which the Division requested verification of property ownership boundaries.
The Division has not received a response to our letter dated October 15, 1993. The purpose of
this second letter is to describe the reclamation activities that the Division proposes to conduct
on lands that may be owned by you. If the Division does not receive a response to this letter by
February 13, 1994, the Division will assume your consent and proceed with the plan described
herein.
Enclosed are two maps titled Map I and Map II. Map I shows the area that Division records
indicate portions of which are owned by you. Land ownership records indicate overlapping
boundaries of ownership for the entire E'/~ of the E%x of Section 15 within the permit area. Map I
also shows the area covered by the second map, Map II. Map II highlights the location of
reclamation activities proposed by the Division that may affect property owned by you. The
circled red numbers on Map II correspond to the numbered items of this letter. The reclamation
items listed in this letter have been characterized as possessing high, medium, or low priority
based upon the Division's determination of potential environmental degradation and threat to
public safety. The Division has prioritized the reclamation items in the event that sufficient bond
is not available to complete reclamation of all items listed for the entire mine site.
Proposed Reclamation Plans /Numbered items correspond to Map ll/
1 . Pond 15-P11 was not approved as a permanent pond in the approved reclamation plan;
however, removal of pond 15-P1 1 would necessitate installation of an additional culvert
under the county road and would increase sediment loading of Del Agua Creek. The Division
proposes to leave pond 15-P11 for sediment control and to provide water for wildlife and
livestock. The approved post-mining land use is rangeland and wildlife habitat; therefore,
leaving pond 15-P11 would improve the land for its intended land use. The Division proposes
to lower the elevation of the secondary spillway and replace the protective riprap lining of the
secondary spillway. Priority has been characterized as medium.