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MAY-17-2002 09:31 RGPC TIJERAS PLANT 505 281 9126 P.02 <br />FUMN <br />GRANDE <br />MRMAN0 CFACM cowQ-rCN <br />May 17, 2002 <br />Via Facsimile and U. & Mail <br />Bruce Humphries <br />Jim Stevens <br />Al Amundson <br />Anthony Waldron <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />11 i <br />Re: GCC Rio Grande, Inc.; Red Rock Plant and Mine; File No. M-2002-004; <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review for 112 Construction Materials Application <br />Gentlemen: <br />I am writing to express our appreciation for the time and effort the Division of Minerals <br />and Geology ("DMG") has spent in reviewing our application for a 112 Construction Materials <br />mining permit since we submitted the permit application on January 18, 2002. We appreciate the <br />Division's March 14 determination that our permit application is complete and for also joining <br />GCC Rio Grande and it's technical team members for the good part of a day walking around the <br />facility site on April 10, 2002. <br />As the Division is aware, the majority of our facility lies on property which is the subject <br />of a long-term lease from the Colorado State Land Board. In order to fulfill a condition in our <br />lease, we met with the State Land Board staff on December 17, 2001 to present a draft of the <br />application. In response to comments received, we then revised the application before filing it <br />with the Division. <br />We have reviewed both the Division's Site Inspection Report, dated April 16, 2002, and <br />the recent adequacy determination letter dated, May 6, 2002. As we discussed with Mr. Waldron <br />and Mr. Amundson at the April 10 site visit and again during my telephone conversation with <br />Mr. Waldron on May 7, GCC Rio Grande's first priority is to continue to work closely with the <br />Division to address the technical issues contained in the Division's May 6 letter. <br />While we have all been working hard, we believe that the two-week period referenced in <br />the Division's May 6 letter presents an unnecessarily limited amount of time in which to work <br />through the remaining technical issues, especially since it was established before the Division <br />Mleras Plant A company of <br />P.O. Box 100 <br />2NM 87059-0100 <br />281-3311/3312 3312 <br />(505) * GCC <br />Fax: 281.9126 <br />u..