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[Type text] <br /> r STRONG MINING COMPANY <br /> JOHN E STRONG 1505 EAST 12 RIFLE CO 970-625-0777 <br /> Attention Amy Yeldell 6/15/20 <br /> Colorado state mining safety <br /> And reclamation <br /> Here is our proposed reclamation plan for the Apex Lode mining project. Permit# M- <br /> 2014-011 <br /> Phase 1 (summer of 2019 during normal operating season from July 1 to September 31) <br /> to be closure of upper portal using the PUF method provided in the Colorado Division, <br /> mining, and Safety 2009 General bid specifications hand book. Please see attached. <br /> The upper portal is approximately 8' wide x 5' tall and will require 18 bags of <br /> Equipment-less foam sealant (EFS) from foam concepts. 18 bags of EFS = 6 cubic yards <br /> of expanded foam. <br /> After PUF closure is complete railroad tracks to be removed and hauled down to a local <br /> recycling plant. There is approximately 30' feet of 2"track. And I can't see any visible <br /> evidence of ties, however if we find some, we will dispose of them as we will the <br /> timbers. <br /> Lower portal <br /> Remove timber protective structure at mouth if portal and portal door. All timbers from <br /> structure to be hauled down and disposed of at either K& K lumber in Silt or Strong <br /> Lumber in Rifle. There will be approximately 1000 Bd Ft of non-native mine crib. <br /> Then close lower portal by using either the same PUF method, listed above. Or gating— <br /> grating and locking portal entrance using plan# 6 or 7 of the Colorado Division, mining <br /> and safety 2009 general bid specifications hand book. Please see attached. The portal is <br /> approximately 5' wide x 6' tall. So will use 14 bags of EFS = 4.2 yards of EFS. <br /> Then remove board walk from staging area to the lower portal and timbers that are now <br /> being stored in the staging area. The timbers and lumber to be hauled down and disposed <br /> of at K& K lumber in silt or Strong lumber in Rifle. There is approximately 800 bd ft of <br /> material <br /> At some point in mid -September we will hand scarify trail from storage area to upper <br /> portal and lower portal to 4" deep and re-seed at the rate of 25 lbs per acre Via USFS <br /> botanist recommendations. Then hand raked in. Please see seed mixture and broadcast <br /> rates attached. This is approximately 1000 square feet. <br />