2020-03-10_PERMIT FILE - M2020019

• Permit No: M2020019
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 3/10/2020
• Doc Name: Is It Mining?
• From: WASTELINE, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: LJW
• Email Name: THM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

WA ST EL I N E LN C.
PO Box 3471 Rapid City, SD 57709-3471 [phone]
PO Box 88 Cortez, CO 81321-0088 [phone] [phone]
WASTELINE.84532 i gmail.com
Mr. Lucas West 05E VE
Environmental Protection Specialist MAR 10�020
Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION
Denver, Colorado 80203 VIA EMAIL: [e-mail]
Subject: Activities at 100 Acre Ranch, 5759 CR 501, Bayfield, La Plata County, CO 81122
Dear Mr. Lucas:
I have been retained by The Hundred Acre Ranch, LLC, to assist them in proposed work being done at
their Hundred Acre Ranch, formerly the Wommer Ranch, which is located in the Los Pinos River Valley
approximately 5 miles North of Bayfield west of CR-501 and east of the Pine River, in SE %4 of Section 11,
T35N R7W, 10t" (NM) PM, consisting of 97.31 acres.
The owners propose to excavate alluvial earth, sand and gravel to produce up to 40,000 tons of construction
materials (aggregates) and up to 50,000 of fines (silt for soil amendments), to be used entirely on that
property for improvements to the property. No construction materials (products or byproducts) will be
transported from the property. The work is expected to be done in the next 60-120 days.
The plan is to remove silt from the existing 4-acre pond on the property, then to excavate pit run material
which will be processed (to include as necessary crushing, screening, and washing) to produce the
materials. The materials will either be used immediately or stored on-site until used for improvements to
roads, parking areas, pads for structures, improvement of soil, and other similar uses. Excavation from the
pond will serve two purposes:to restore the pond by removing sediment which has filled much of the storage
capacity of the pond, as well as producing the needed construction materials. The surface area of the pond
will NOT be increased, and existing drainage, including flow in irrigation ditches, will not be permanently
changed. Excavation depth is not expected to exceed 20 feet below the present grade.
If material in the floor of the pond is not sufficient, other areas will be excavated, with the intent that the
excavation be in a location and shallow enough not to expose ground water, and then be reclaimed as
cropland.
A working area will be established near the pond for a crushing/screening/wash plant to be set up to process
the material from the pond. Three stockpile areas will be established, first for sediment removed from the
pond, second for the pitrun material removed from the pond, and third for the processed construction
materials. The areas will allow for dewatering of the raw materials, as well as storage until the materials
are used on-site. We do not believe that the proposed excavation, processing, and related work will be
located within 200 feet of any other parcel
The locations for the excavation, plant area and stockpiles, as well as access and haul roads, will be
selected to minimize environmental impact, including impacts on floodplain, erosion and sedimentation,
dust, noise, water quality, grazing, and other matters. All affected areas will be reclaimed, either for their
original use (water resource, grazing land, cropland) or improved cropland.
The proposed improvements to the Hundred Acre Ranch will be done in accordance with permits(including
special use, conditional use, high impact, building, and other permits) issued by La Plata County or other
local government agencies.
The proposed excavation and associated work is being coordinated with the Division of Reclamation Mining
and Safety, Division of Water Resources, Air Pollution Control Division, Water Quality Control Division (for
process and storm water), Pine River Irrigation District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Fire Protection