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5. Please confirm the Applicant intends to operate the site continuously or if the <br />Division should consider the site an "intermittent operation" as defined in <br />C.R.S 34- 32.5- 103(11)(b). <br />Operations will be continuous in that they will not trigger temporary <br />cessation requirements without prior notice by the operator to the OMLR. <br />6. The Applicant states materials may be conveyed to the adjacent Durham <br />Project for processing and sale. Please include construction and design <br />details for the conveyor structure or commit to submitting a technical <br />revision to the permit in the future to include the conveyor structure in the <br />permit. <br />No conveyor systems will be established without prior approval from the <br />OMLR by Technical Revision. <br />7. The Applicant states the method of mining is "presently" dry. Please confirm <br />mining activities have not started at the site and describe all water diversions <br />and impoundments required for the proposed dry mining method. <br />Extraction activities have not commenced, as witnessed by a recent inspection <br />of the location by the OMLR on 12 December 2013. No extraction activity will <br />occur prior to permit approval, except for that activity allowed as a use by <br />right under state, county, and local laws for the lands as presently zoned. <br />6.4.5 Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br />8. Please provide a signed copy the backfill notice by Mr. Christopher Varra. <br />A signed backfill notice is included as an addendum to this submittal. <br />9. Please state if the Applicant intends to use fertilization as part of the <br />Reclamation Plan. If so, please specify types, mixtures, quantities and time <br />of application. <br />Fertilization will not be determined until soil testing of replacement soils <br />occurs. Soil will be submitted to the CSU Soils Lab in Ft. Collins, Colorado <br />for a recommendation prior to seeding. The recommendation will be included <br />in the subsequent Annual Report to the OMLR. A generic estimate for the <br />application of fertilizer was provided under Exhibit L - Reclamation Costs. <br />Varra Companies, Inc. Coulson Resource Project OMLR M- 2013 -064 5 <br />Correspondence to Peter Hays 21 January 2014 <br />