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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanment of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MINERAL S <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />GEOLOGY <br /> REC LA MATION•MINING <br /> <br />February 3, 2006 SAf ETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Jim Stover, P.E. Governor <br />J. E. Stover & Associates Russell George <br />P.O. Box 60340 ERecu[ive Director <br />Grand Junction CO 81506 Ronald W. Cattany <br />, Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />RE: Blue Ribbon Mine, Permit No. C-81-047, Minrec, Inc. <br />2005 Annual Reclamation Report, Adequacy Review <br />Deaz Mr. Stover: <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) has finished its review of Minrec's <br />2005 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) for the Blue Ribbon Mine. The Division thanks Minrec <br />for its timely submittal. <br />The Division notes that the ARR accurately reflects the transfer of 2.8 acres of disturbed land to <br />Oxbow Mining in 2005, 2.3 acres of which had been reclaimed and 0.5 acres of which are still in <br />facilities. The report also shows that no reclamation activities occurred in 2005. <br />The Division does not have any adequacy questions but does have one request. Rule <br />2.04.13(I)(f) requires that the location, number of acres and the date of planting for all areas that <br />underwent permanent seeding prior to the report year be shown. The purpose of the information <br />required in this rule is to document those areas that have gone through the ] 0-yeaz liability <br />period. Even though all of the disturbed acreage has exceeded the 10-year liability period, it <br />would still be important to compare the revegetation efforts relative to the date of planting. The <br />Division requests that Minrec submit an appropriately annotated map that shows the information <br />required in Rule 2.04.13(1)(f). This map should also be included in future ARRs. <br />If you have any questions, please call me. <br />Sincerely, <br />r~ l~l <br />sep J. DUdash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />c:\word\blueribbon\2005arradegl <br />Office of Ofice of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />