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t>� . <br />;dI <br />L <br />March 19, 2015 <br />Mr. Peter Hays <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />State of Colorado <br />gyp; Division of Reclamation, Mining, & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street — Room 215 ��o / <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE. Journey Ventures, LLC. — Journey Ventures Pit — Technical Revision No. 1 R_ equest, <br />File No. M- 2008 -080, Bond Calculations and Updated Mine Phasing Plan <br />Dear Mr. Hays, <br />Journey Ventures, LLC requests a revision to their existing permit to address the following 2 <br />items: <br />1. Exhibit C — Pre - Mining /Mining Plan <br />a. Revision of the mine phasing. <br />2. Exhibit L — Reclamation Costs <br />a. Revision of the financial warranty required for the reclamation of each phase of <br />mining. <br />Detailed descriptions of these revisions are in the following sections. <br />Exhibit C — Pre- Minin_g/Minin_a Plan <br />Revision of mine phasing <br />Phase 2 will be mined to a depth to achieve 125,000 cubic yards which is roughly 27 feet <br />deep and the reclamation will be backfilling Phase 2 to an elevation 2 feet above the <br />groundwater (elevation 4592) table. There is currently 40,000 cubic yards of overburden that <br />will be used to backfill Phase 2 once the 125,000 cubic yards of aggregate materials are <br />mined. The other phases that are impacted are as follows: <br />1. Surface mining of the top 5 feet of material to an elevation 2 feet above the <br />groundwater (elevation 4592) table of the Phase 1 area which produces 45,000 cubic <br />yards to backfill Phase 2. <br />2. Surface mining of the top 8 feet of material to an elevation 2 feet above the <br />groundwater (elevation 4597) table of the Phase 11A area which produces 20,000 <br />cubic yards to backfill Phase 2. <br />3. The disturbance and seeding of areas in Phase 1, Phase 11A and Phase 2. <br />Exhibit L - Reclamation Costs <br />Journey Ventures, LLC requests a revision to the financial warranty required for the <br />reclamation of each phase of mining to reflect the revised mine phasing. <br />u� 305 Denver Avenue — Suite D - Fort Lupton CO 80621 - Ph: 303 - 857 -6222 - Fax: 303 -857 -6224 <br />AF & Report <br />