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~- MINERRL POLICY CENTER <br />iii • III'lllll~ll llll'll <br />sss <br />i <br />I '. <br />15 Decembfef~~r 1997 _ r ~ <br />rI rv r. 11~C C <br />Received <br />3033820114 <br />r,, <br />u <br />~ ~ Wallace H. Erickson, II <br />~ Reclamation Specialist DEC 2 3 ~5~7 <br />~ Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />' I ! 484 Turner Drive, Building F, Suite 10i,;,,,~:,~ ~ , „ _ u.:mog~ <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br />DEC 161997 <br />P. 01 <br />Durango Field Oflic9 <br />Division of t~A;nerel; ~ Geology <br />***Delivered via facsimile today; hard-copy following in the mail*** pENVER OFFICE <br />Following are the comments of Mineral Policy Center regarding the proposed Stone <br />Gravel Pit mine near Cortez, Colorado. Mineral Policy Center is a national nonprofit <br />organizat:~~n working with communities to reduce the negative impacts of modern <br />mining. <br />)ite: Proposed Stone Gravel Pit; Cortez, Colorado PpFsLIC FILE COPY <br />FILE: 89 <br />Dear Mr. Erickson, SITE: S-~ P G~V` p~ t <br />! Mineral }' .]icy Center has reviewed application for a Regular (112) Construction <br />Materials Operation Reclamation Permit submitted by Darren Stone of Stone Crushing. <br />Mr. Stone proposes to construct a gravel mine on 160 acres of land with surface righu <br />owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. <br />I <br />I i Mineral Policy Center urges the Division of Minerals and Geology to deny this permit <br />I ~ <br />as it is currently written. This permit application lacks sufficient information to meet <br />the criteria required by the (112) Consuuction Materials permit. <br />'; Importantly, the applicant has failed to identify significant features of his proposed <br />' mine. A map submitted indicates that the project will involve 12 phases, however, only <br />! 4 are identified in the proposed permit. The public is left to extrapolate in the haziest <br />of manners on how the remaining acreage will be impacted. ]n addition, the applicant <br />has not indicated the location or construction information for any roads in the proposed <br />project area. Trailers, processing equipment, and other facilities are similarly omitted. <br />Stonc Crushing will significantly impact this landscape and the burden of explanation <br />and proof is upon them to acknowledge what the impacts will be. T}ris has most <br />certainly not been accomplished. <br />Equally significant, the permit application fails to identify the water source to support <br />tJre project. This oenission makes it impossible for the Division and the public to even <br />vaguely estimate the type and scope of impacts to water quantity and Quality in the area. <br />__.-. ..__~- `......,d,%'wl:~~fhi'ndi4iR'eV2?~.d4r YJ :'i%~r ~i:~ - <br />• P. O. BOX 2414 • DURANGO, COLORADO • 81302 • 303.382.0421 <br />