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December 23, 1980 Mr. Li Chen GEC Minerals, Inc. P. O. Box 225 Florence, Colorado 81226 Re: Meeting of December 18, 1980 File No. 77-98 Dear Li: David C. Shelton Director I would Zike to take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution I to the productive meeting we had yesterday, regarding both the mining of the Dam D area and the reclamation of the "prospecting pit", and to document a few of the major topics we discussed. We reviewed the general plan you submitted in your Letter of December 9, 2980 for mining the Dam D area and agreed that the discussion of the diversion pipe installation should be modified for clarification as should Che discussions of the backfilling plan, sediment pond construction, and stream channel reconstruction. The modifications we discussed were mutually acceptable and will be submitted for review as soon as possible. I agreed to make every effort possible to review the balance of the plan and the attached calculations by December 29, 1480 so that the economics of mining and reclaiming that corner will be as favorable as possible for GEC, The primary purpose of our meeting was to begin to resolve the deficiencies in the reclamation plan for the "prospecting. pi t" as they were identified in my letter to GEC dated December 12, 1980. You requested for GEC an interpretation of the small business exemption you had discussed with Chips Barry and Dean Massey in the fall of 1979. I have spoken with Chips and he concurs with my interpretation that Sec 502 (c) of the Surface Mining Contzol and Reclamation net of 1977 was a limited time exemption providing extra time (until January 1, 1979) for small operators to come into compliance with all the performance standards of the Act, All other operators had nine months from the date of approval of the Act to come into compliance...sma11 operators had until January 1, 1979. This exemption never did apply to any other laws...federal, state, or otherwise. (cont'd) •.inii r,ii , ni,n.nr n', u.. „nun n.. ,.1,A ~.. ~~ III III IIIIII IIII III DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE D. Monte Pascoe. E~ecu uve Director 999 111NLU 1,:1N1) Itl'a;Lr~111A'l'il)N 423 Centennial f3~~~ld~ng, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel 1303) 839-3567 .. - - - -- -- - --'- --' z ~..---.-.. -.