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goCOLORADO <br /> Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> January 24, 2024 <br /> Arthur Vasquez <br /> 0 &A Stone LLC <br /> P.O. Box 2526 <br /> Longmont, CO 80502 <br /> Re: Reason to Believe a Violation Exists and Notice of Board Hearing <br /> Vasquez Quarry#2; Permit No. M-1994-121 <br /> Arthur Vasquez: <br /> On May 4, 2023, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division/DRMS) sent 0 & A Stone, LLC. <br /> a notice of financial warranty increase (Revision No. 51-2). The required financial warranty for the <br /> Vasquez Quarry #2 was increased to $19,629.00, which is an increase of$11,959.00 from the currently <br /> held financial warranty of $7,670.00. The additional required financial warranty was due on July 3, <br /> 2023. On July 11, 2023 the Division extended the due date to receive the required financial warranty to <br /> August 2, 2023. On August 3, 2023 you informed the Division you were working with your bank to <br /> submit a CD for the increased financial warranty and the Division granted another 30-day extension to <br /> September 4, 2023. The Division extended, on September 5, the due date for submitting the required <br /> financial warranty to November 3, 2023. On September 14, 2023 you submitted a $3,000.00 check <br /> towards the $11,959.00 amount. To date the Division has not received the remaining $8,959.00 <br /> amount of the required increase. <br /> The Division believes this is a violation of: <br /> • C.R.S. 34-32.5-117(4)(c)(II) and Rule 4.2.1(2) for failure to post the additional required financial <br /> warranty within sixty (60) days of the date of notice of the adjustment. <br /> Therefore, the Division has reason to believe that a violation exists to the Colorado Land Reclamation <br /> Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials, C.R.S. § 34-32.5-101 et seq., and have scheduled this <br /> matter to appear before the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB/Board). <br /> A Formal Public Hearing before the Board has been scheduled during the March 20-21, 2024 Board <br /> meeting. The hearing will be held at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 318, Denver, Colorado, beginning at <br /> 9:00 a.m. on March 20 or as soon thereafter as the matter can be considered. In order to be considered <br /> at the hearing, all exhibits, materials and witness testimony you wish for the Board to consider must be <br /> submitted by 5:00 PM on March 8, 2024 via email to the MLRB Administrator, Camille M. Mojar at: <br /> Dnr drms mlrb-submittalsPstate.co.usDnr drms mlrb-submittalsPstate.co.us. <br /> 1001 E 62"d Ave, Denver CO 80216 I P 303.866.3567, F 303.832.8106 I https://drms.colorado.gov (;<;:—A... <br /> . -vo <br /> Jared S. Polis, Governor I Dan Gibbs, Executive Director I Michael A. Cunningham, Acting Director I ( ,a //o/e . _ "/*� <br /> ",ass"/ <br />