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RECEIVED <br />FEB 152018TELESTQ <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATIONINCORPORAlED <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />February 14, 2018 <br />Jared Ebert <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Subject:Knox Pit,DRMS Permit Application No.M-2017-036 <br />Adequacy Review No. 3 <br />Dear Mr. Ebert: <br />Thank you for your review of Loveland Ready-Mix's LaPorte Operations Knox Pit <br />application. This letter serves as Loveland Ready-Mix's (LRM) response to the <br />Adequacy Review 3 Comments from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />DRMS), dated January 23, 2018. <br />Loveland Ready-Mix acknowledges the application consideration date extension and the <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board hearing date of March 21 and 22, 2018. LRM will <br />attend the Pre-Hearing Conference on March 8, 2018 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. <br />RULE 6.4.4 EXHIBIT D — MINING PLAN <br />Comment 12a <br />In accordance with Rule 3.1.8, please explain the measures that will be taken to protect <br />the safety of wildlife near the mining operation and processing sites and along all access <br />roads to the mine site. <br />Response 12a <br />By mining this site in phases and reseeding with grass as part of the concurrent <br />reclamation, disturbance to existing pasture area will be minimized and will support bird <br />and animal wildlife that currently resides within the existing agricultural uses on this site. <br />Breaking the site into five mining phases and reclaiming the site as each phase is <br />completed minimizes fragmentation of the current habitat. A corridor on each side of the <br />Little Cache la Poudre Ditch will minimize fragmentation by providing continuous <br />passage for wildlife through the site thus enabling safe movement between mined phases. <br />Colorado Office (Corporate) Grand Junction New Mexico Office <br />3801 Automation Way,Suite 201 751 Horizon Court,Suite 109 1303 Pope Street <br />Fort Collins,Colorado 80525 Grand Junction,Colorado 81506 Silver City,New Mexico 88061 <br />970-484-7704/970-484-7789(FAX) 970-697-1550 575-538-5620 1575-538-5625(FAX)