2008-03-10_REVISION - M1988112 ‎(15)‎

• Permit No: M1988112
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/10/2008
• Doc Name: Notice of extended decision date
• From: DRMS
• To: Interested persons
• Type & Sequence: AM3
• Email Name: WHE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
March 6, 2008
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RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Notice to Parties and Interested Persons Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
RE: Notice of Extended Decision Dote Due to Complex Application and Harris D. Sherman
Formal Public Hearing, Batt Mountain Reses, Inc., Executive Director
Amendment No. 3 (AM-03y, San Luis Project, ermit No. M-1988-112. Ronald W. Catt
Division Director
or
Natural Resource Trustee
Dear Party and/or Interested Person:
Thank you for taking the time to be involved in the review process for the above referenced permit
application. An explanation of the Division's review process, your rights as either a party or a non-party,
and the jurisdiction of the Mined Land Reclamation Board (the Board), is provided in the enclosed 12-
page memo, Guide to Citizen Participation. As noted in the citizen's guide memo, in these proceedings
the Division's authority is limited to enforcement of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, 34-32-101
et seq., C.R.S. (the Act), and the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated Mining Operations (the Rules), which can be
accessed on the Division's website, http://mining.state.co.us/.
Pursuant to Rule 1.1(10) and 1.4.1(7), the Division has extended the decision date for AM-03 from April
2, 2008 to May 13, 2008. The extension is appropriate because the Division has determined the
application is sufficiently complex and may require the Division to utilize additional professional staff with
specific expertise in the review process. In addition, the application is beyond what the Division
considers to be a typical application review process for the majority of applications received.
The Division has received written objections to AM-03. Therefore, pursuant to Rules 1.4.9(2)(a) and
1.7.4(2), the Division has scheduled the application for a Formal Board Hearing for consideration. The
hearing has been scheduled for the June 11-12, 2008 Board meeting. The location and time of the June
11-12, 2008 Board meeting has not yet been determined. All persons who timely objected to this
amendment application will receive notice of the time and place of the June 11-12, 2008 Board meeting
as soon as such location can be determined.
Prior to the Formal Board Hearing, the Division will schedule a Pre-hearing Conference. The Pre-
hearing Conference will be held to describe the Division's review process, to explain the rights and
responsibilities of parties, to discuss and resolve issues to the extent possible, to describe the Board
Hearing processes, to propose a list of issues under the Board's jurisdiction, to simplify that'list, and to
identify parties. All persons who timely objected to this amendment application will receive notice of the
date, time and place of the Pre-Hearing Conference.
Please contact me at the Division's office in Durango at 701 Camino del Rio, Room 315, Durango, CO
81301, phone [phone], if you have any questions.
Since ?_
Wallace H. Erickson
Environmental Protection Specialist
Enclosure: Certificate of Service
Guide to Citizen Participation
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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