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L.G. EVERIST, INC. <br />ROCK .SOLID .SINCE 1876 <br />July 23, 2015 <br />Mr. Eric Scott <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />7321 E. 88TH AvENUE, SUITE 200 <br />HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640 <br />PHONE 303-287-9606 • FAx 303-289-1348 <br />RE: Corrective Action Responses - Implementing Weed Control <br />Site - Rinn Valley Resource, M-1997-093 <br />Site - Carbon Valley Resource, M72 017 <br />Site - Firestone Gravel Reso e, M-1996-01 <br />Dear Eric: <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 8 2015 <br />g'MSION OF MININGAND SAFETY <br />ON <br />L.G. Everist, Inc. respectfully submits a combined Corrective Action Response for the three sand and <br />gravel mine sites listed above. All three sites were inspected by you on May 27, 2015, with Lynn Mayer <br />Shults and Richard Schneider of L.G. Everist participating. <br />In your inspection reports (RV 7/27/15, CV & F 7/29/15) for each site, you requested that we implement <br />weed control and submit proof that weed control is being conducted on all three sites as per the Division's <br />requirements in Section 3.1.10 (6). <br />CHEMICAL CONTROL - SPRAYING <br />Earlier in May, prior to the inspection, we had started spraying weeds throughout the sites - in some <br />cases the spray had affect - but in many cases the spray was washed away by the consistently rainy days <br />of May and June. We have continued to implement weed control by spraying weeds at the three sites <br />throughout the season. We hired an outside contractor for some of the spraying, and have also done a <br />lot of weed spraying with our own workforce. <br />Please see the two attached invoices - (a) Agfinity - Invoice K06266 in the amount of $4,084.18 for weed <br />control chemical sprays, and (b) Charles Shane - in the amount of $1,027.50 for spraying and mowing in <br />May and early July. <br />Please refer to the attached photographs of spraying and of dying/sprayed weeds at the sites. <br />MECHANICAL METHODS - MOWING, BULLDOZING, CUTTING DOWN <br />We have implemented mechanical methods of weed control by mowing and bulldozing grassy weeds, <br />and by chopping down some weed trees at the three sites throughout the season. In May, we chopped <br />down weed trees at the Rinn Valley site. We hired an outside contractor, Mr. Shane, to do some mowing <br />in May and July (see invoice referenced above). In June and July, we continued weed control with our <br />workforce - mowing and bulldozing many weeds at the sites. <br />CV&FIRE&RV-DRMS-CorActResp-Weed Control-Ju1y2015.docx <br />