2009-12-11_PERMIT FILE - M2009076

• Permit No: M2009076
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 12/11/2009
• Doc Name: Requirement to Republish and ReNotify
• From: DRMS
• To: Venture Resources, Inc.
• Email Name: ACS
• 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]
December 11, 2009
Mr. Ryan J. McHale
Venture Resources, Inc. ✓ `'C
P.O. Box 1974
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
COLORADO
D IV IS 10 N OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Requirement to Republish and Re- Notify, Hukill Gulch Millsite, File No. M- 2009 -076
Dear Mr. McHale:
By letter dated November 24, 2009, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) advised Venture
Resources, Inc. of the requirement for newspaper publication of a notice of the filing of permit application for
Hukill Gulch Millsite, File No. M- 2009 -076. The content of the newspaper publication is described in the
Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board ( CMLRB), 2 CCR 407 -1
(Rule(s)). A template for the publication is provided to permit applicants in the Designated Mining Limited
Impact (110d) Operation Reclamation Permit Application Package. On December 3, 2009, the DRMS
received proof of Venture Resources publication in the Clear Creek Courant, which occurred on December 2,
2009. DRMS has determined that the publication is flawed, resulting in the requirement to republish the
notice. The notice that was published on December 2, 2009 states that the proposed future use of the land is "to
maintain its existing zoning designation (Residential/Mining M -1 zoning or Mining M -2 zoning, dependent on
the affected parcel) and resemble rangeland." The discussion of zoning is outside the scope of the notice required
by the rules, and is potentially confusing to persons reading the notice. The required notice must state the
proposed future use of the land, not what the land will resemble.
There are two other elements of the public notice to be addressed in the required republication.
1. The CMLRB has directed all permit applicants to include the following statements as the final paragraph
in public notices of the filing of applications:
Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 34 -32 -101 et seq Comments related to noise, truck
traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic
concerns are issues not subject to this Office's jurisdiction. These subjects, and similar ones, are
typically addressed by your local governments, rather than the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board.
Venture Resources must include the foregoing in the republished notice.
2. The notice that was published on December 2, 2009 states that the deadline for public comments is
December 16, 2009. The correct deadline date is ten calendar days after the date of publication or the
next regular business day, with day one of the ten day comment period being the day after the date of
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