2022-12-15_PERMIT FILE - M2022050 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: M2022050
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/15/2022
• Doc Name: Incompleteness Response
• From: J-2 Contracting Company
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RE. J-2 Contracting Company. —Hunt Irrigation Pond, File No. M-2022-050, Incomplete
Submittal of Special Operation 111(1)(b) Reclamation Permit Application Letter Response
12/12/22
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6.3.2 Exhibit B - Site Description
5. On Item #5, the Applicant indicated there are no streams, springs, lakes, stock water
ponds, ditches, reservoirs and aquifers that would receive drainage directly from the mine.
The proposed mine site is located southeast of an irrigation ditch. Please update Exhibit B
to identify the ditch.
Response: Exhibit B, Item #5 has been updated to describe that the Farmers
independent Ditch is located on the west side of the mine. Note that the ditch road
between the ditch and the mine is 2 to 3 feet higher than the mine site and
prevents the ditch from receiving any drainage directly from the mine.
6.3.3 Exhibit C - Mining Plan
6. On Item #3, the Applicant refers to Exhibit C - Mining Plan Map. Please revise Exhibit C
to indicate Exhibit E - Mining Plan Map.
Response: Exhibit C— Mining Plan has been revised to indicate Exhibit E- Mining
Plan Map.
7. On Item #3, the Applicant states the topsoil stockpiles will be seeded at the end of the
project. Please commit to using all available stockpiled topsoil for reclamation and
revise Exhibit C accordingly.
Response: Item #3 has been revised to describe that topsoil not used for
reclamation will be exported from the site.
8. On Item #3, the Applicant states the topsoil stockpiles will be seeded at the end of the
project. Please provide the seed mixture in pure live seed (PLS) per acre for Division
review and revise Exhibit C accordingly.
Response: The temporary topsoil stockpile will be roughened to prevent erosion.
The disturbed areas on the site will be seeded with the seed mix that has been
selected from the seed mixes shown in Exhibit D— Reclamation Plan section 7.b—
Zone 1 — Eastern Plains, and the application rate will be doubled for broadcast
application of the seed mix.
9. On Item #6, the Applicant states the access road is an existing gravel surface road off of
WCR 40. Please specify the dimensions of the existing road to be used for the mining
operation pursuant to Rule 6.3.3(g) and revise Exhibit C accordingly.
Response: Item #6 has been updated to show the existing widths of County Road
401 24 feet, and the existing access to the site, 24 feet.
10. The Applicant did not complete Item #7. Please indicate if water will be used during the
mining operation, specify the source and amount of water and update Exhibit C
accordingly.
Response: The water source will be groundwater wells that allowed
commercial/industrial per the attached Petition for Class D Non-Irrigation Water
Allotment Contract, that are augmented per the attached District Court, Water
Division No. 1, Case No. 20CS3123. The total use will be 5.66 acre-feet.
11. On Item #9, the Applicant states the irrigation pond will be excavated to a bottom elevation
of 4751', which is above the highest groundwater level of 4750'. Please commit to
remaining a minimum of two (2) feet above the highest anticipated groundwater elevation
during the mining operations and revise Exhibit C accordingly.
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