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OTETRA TECH <br />March 5, 2015 <br />Mr. Dustin Czapla <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />101 South 3rd Street, Suite 301 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />Tetra Tech I Complex World. CLEAR SOL ITIONSTIA <br />120 West Park Drive.. Suite 204 1 Grand Junction, CO 81505 <br />Tel: 970.986.3566 1 Fax: 970.241.3120 <br />SENT CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />SUBJECT: Permit No.: M- 1998 -022 Conger Harvesting Area <br />Reclamation Liability Release and Permit Area Reduction Request <br />Dear Mr. Czapla: <br />This reclamation liability release request is being submitted on behalf of the Gallegos Corporation <br />(Gallegos), who has operated the Conger Harvesting Area near Marble under a current, valid construction <br />materials permit since 1998. In 2009, Gallegos filed an application to convert its 110 permit into a 112 <br />permit to include 23.33 acres of United States Forest Service (USFS) lands into its permit area. <br />Harvesting operations moved into the USFS lands in 2012. The original 110 permit area except the area <br />in this request was previously reclaimed and the reclamation liability released. Gallegos requests that its <br />reclamation liability be released for 0.47 acres in the northeast corner of the Marble Airport LLC property <br />for the following reasons: <br />1. The harvested area has been graded to approximate original contour. <br />2. The boundary with the USFS has been delineated with boulders. <br />3. While topsoil in salvageable quantities was not found during harvesting activities, the site is <br />expected to establish vegetation by volunteer growth based on past history on reclaimed areas <br />on the site. <br />The reclamation bond release area is shown on the attached Exhibit BR -2. The attached pictures 1 -2 <br />show the graded and reclaimed area for the reclamation liability release request. <br />Photo 1. Looking from upper switchback to lower switchback. <br />