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` <r Mark A. Heifner 37 East Colorado Avenue • Denver,Colorado 80210-3105 (303)777-3371 RECEIVED Jun., 5,2014 1 it 1'N 116 2014 Torn Kaldenbach r I4 ( a� DIVISION OF Div,of Reclamation,Mining,and Safety u7 L+ ,fic ("E, �I i t MININ(;pjWp Room 215 1313 Sherman Stxeet Denver,CO 80203 RE Request for release of reclamation performed on a portion of Coal Creek Resource sand pit Per alit: M-1988-044 A I A `) Certified Mail No,: 7006 2150 0001 7307 1921 Return Receipt Requested De r Mr. Kaldenbach, En losed please find two copies of release request for about 26 acres of nuned land at the above noted site. In the opinion of Schmidt Construction,the permittee,as well as mv own opinion,this reclamation has been completed to the standards of the reclamation law and rules and regulations. 'Ile Colorado Board of Land Commissioners, the owner of the land,also feels that the reclamation has been completed. Included is a formal request letter from Scott Davis,a map showing the location of the land,as well as some quite recent photos showing the condition of the site. It is our belief that the Land now fully-meets the expectations for the reclamation of riparian land\cithin the floc dplain of Coal Creek. 'Pony Waldron indicated to me that you would likely be the staff member who would handle this matter and that possibly Tyler O'Donnell may also be included.Please keep in nund,as indicated in the letter,this is the first of a two step process. This step involves determined whether the land can be released as being reclaimed.The next step, which would uiunediately follow,would be done with a'Technical Revision where a very large portion of the current permitted land would be removed from the permit because it is no longer included in the lease granted by the Land Board.When both steps are completed, the permit would include only currently leased land. No mining operations are';being conducted outside the currently leased land. Please contact myself at(303)777-3371 or(303)906-8096 when you wish to inspect the area. You may also contact Scott Davis. Perhaps when you inspect this area the land no longer leased can be reviewed so long as you are on the site One other large area is currently being reclaimed and will soon be seeded,but of course will not be ready for release for a few years. \''hen that reclamation work is completed, the amount of unreclaimed mined land will be the smallest it has been in a very long time. And only a small amount of additional disturbance will occur before the operauon close:and all the remaining affected land is reclaimed. Thank you for your consideration. S erely, Mark_ r cc: Scott Davi Phillip Co tney +N }y�( i�'l �� } �v�v