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.; <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />131 3 Sherman St., Room ?15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80?03 <br />Phone: 13031 866-3567 <br />FAA: (3031 8328106 <br />GEOLOGY <br />R E C L A M A T I O N <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />April 3, 2001 <br />Rocky Hoffschneider <br />Platte Sand & Gravel LLC <br />P.O. BOX 180 <br />Littleton, CO 80106 <br />RE: Platte Sand & Gravel LLC, File No. M-2000-158 <br />S & H Mine 112 New Permit Application <br />Adequacy Review #2 <br />Dear Mr. Hoffschneider, <br />~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Greg E. Walther <br />Enecuuve Dkeclor <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />The Division received your adequacy response to the Division's February 22, 2001 letter regarding the new <br />permit application for the S & H Mine, File No. M-2000-158. The Division has a number of remaining items that <br />need to be addressed prior to approval of the application. <br />The applicant provided copies of the return receipt cards for adjoining owners and easement holders of record. <br />Western Mutual Ditch was identified as an adjacent landowner on Map Exhibit C, but a return receipt card <br />was not submitted. Please submit the return receipt card for Western Mutual Ditch. [f the applicant failed to <br />notify the ditch company, they must do so and allow a 20-day comment period. If Western Mutual Ditch opts <br />to waive their right to the 20-day comment period, a letter stating this fact would be acceptable. Please be <br />aware that the letter and signature must be notarized. <br />2. The applicant contends that moving the processing facilities throughout the permit area does not need to be <br />addressed as a revision to the permit. The Division agrees with this statement so long as the processing <br />facility is moved within the designated affected land. If the processing facilities are moved into lands that are <br />designated as "not disturbed," then a revision to the permit will be necessary. <br />The applicant also states that the cost to remove the facilities do not need to placed in the bond calculation <br />since they will be allowed under the county permit and would be removed as an asset if mining ended <br />prematurely. The Division is required to estimate a cost to reclaim the site to the proposed postmining land <br />use of recreation and wildlife habitat. Such facilities are to be removed to achieve the reclamation plan. The <br />definition of affected land includes "...structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools or other materials or <br />property which result from or are used in such operations are situated." Regardless of other permits issued by <br />the County, State or Federal Agencies, it is the Division's jurisdiction to hold a reclamation bond in the <br />amount necessary to reclaim the site in the event of permit revocation and bond forfeiture (C.R.S. 34-32.5- <br />1 17). <br />In order for [he Division to calculate the cost to remove such facilities, the application will need [o provide <br />additional information on each of the structures; <br />• Length, width and height <br />• Composition of the facility (concrete, steel, wood, etc...) <br />