2011-01-28_REVISION - M1977493

• Permit No: M1977493
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/28/2011
• Doc Name: Follow-up Issues/Information
• From: DRMS
• To: Mr. Ray Lazuk- Climax Mine
• Type & Sequence: AM6
• Email Name: ECS
• 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]
January 28, 2011
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Mr. Ray Lazuk
Climax Mine Loretta Pineda
Director
Highway 91- Freemont Pass
Climax CO 80429
Re: Follow-up Issues/Information from January 25, 2011 meeting between Climax and DRMS
regarding Review of a 112d Metals Reclamation Permit Amendment Application Package
AM-06, Climax Mine, Permit No. M-1977-493
Dear Mr. Lazuk:
Thank you and the rest of your group for coming to Denver to discuss AM06, I believe it was a useful
conversation. As a result of this meeting, there are some additional adequacy issues which the Division
would like to see addressed in addition to the items contained in the November 10, 2010 letter. Climax has
requested that the decision date for AM06 be extended to March 25, 2011. Please be advised that if you
are unable to satisfactorily address any concerns identified in this review before the decision date, it
will be your responsibility to request an extension of the review period. If there are outstanding
issues that have not been adequately addressed prior to the end of the review period, and no
extension has been requested, the Division will deny this application. In order to allow the Division
adequate time to review your responses to any adequacy issues, please submit your adequacy
responses to the Division no later than two weeks prior to the decision date (March 11, 2011).
Please note that any changes or additions to the application on file in our office must also be reflected in
the public review copies, which have been placed with the Lake, Summit and Eagle County Clerk and
Recorders.
EXHIBIT L - Reclamation Costs (Rule 6.4.12):
(1) All information necessary to calculate the costs of reclamation must be submitted and broken down into
the various major phases of reclamation. You must provide sufficient information to calculate the cost
of reclamation that would be incurred by the state.
(2) The office may request the operator/applicant to provide additional, reasonable data to substantiate said
Operator/Applicant's estimate of the cost of reclamation for all affected lands.
With respect to the bond calculation discussion on Jan 25, 2011, DRMS will accept a "clean slate"
approach to the Exhibit L calculations in AM06. DRMS will still need comprehensive documentation
for the resulting bond amounts, both for existing work to complete, and for reclamation associated
with proposed new activity in AM06. Also as we discussed, a list of reclamation tasks that have been
completed to-date should be included so we can document for the file work that has been done. Due
to the scope and detail of the reclamation estimate, additional meetings between Climax and DRMS
may be beneficial to discuss this Exhibit.
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines