2015-03-30_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M1999006

• Permit No: M1999006
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 3/30/2015
• Doc Name: Reply to 8/18/2014 Inspection Report
• From: Varra Companies, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Varra Companies, Inc.
Office of Special Projects
8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone [phone] Fax[phone]
Monday 30 March 2015 RECEIVED
To: '� Peter Hays, EPS
Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety MAR 3 0 2015
Office of Mined Land Reclamation -7-D ; DIVISION OF RECLAMATION
1313 Sherman Street, #215 MINING AND SAFETY
Denver; Colorado 80203
From: Varra Companies, Inc.
Garrett C. Varra, Vice - President of Operations
Subject: M- 1999 -006 Kurtz Project — R� to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation
(the Office, a. c.a., OMLR) Inspection Report of 28 August 2014.
NOTE: Operator may also meet the definition of Extractor, under 34 -32 -101.
Dear Peter:
Our Office of Special Projects has researched diverse records in examination of the merits of the
OMLR concerns, originally attributed to a citizen complaint. While we have not received any
written or physical evidence of that complaint, our understanding is that it was made
immediately prior to the referenced inspection of this location last August. Further, it is our
understanding that the complaint was cause of that inspection, and contributed to the
perspectives of the OMLR in its subsequent communications with Varra Companies, Inc. (Varra
Companies). Here is our analysis and perspective as it pertains to the concerns addressed in the
OMLR inspection report of 28 August, and subsequent communications between us:
The referenced inspection report was not signed until 16 October and received the same date via
e -Mail delivery. At play is the intent of OMLR to place a financial warranty burden on a
commercial deposit by classifying the product as a waste. Other concerns expressed in that
inspection report will be attended to as part of this reply.
The inspection report requested a follow -up meeting to discuss the sand stockpile, resulting in a
telephone conference of 24 October. One of the determinations of that conference was for the
Office to redirect this unique perspective for a broader discussion with the larger industry under
the auspices of the Colorado Stone, Sand & Gravel Association ( CSSGA). Subsequently, Chris
and Garrett Varra met directly with you and Tony Waldron, at the OMLR on 13 January 2015,
where a plan for a broader inclusion and participation regarding this concern with members of
the CSSGA was affirmed.