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1 <br />~~t'a~i ~ s~e~""_ " <br />37 E. Colorado Avenue <br />Denver, CO 80210 <br />(303) 722-9067 <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />Environmental Services Botanical Studies • Photography <br />February 3, 1986 <br />Camille Farrell <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Rm 423 Centennial Bldg. <br />1313 Sherman St. <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Response to inspection report for December 20, 1985 inspection of <br />the Snyder Quarry. <br />Your File NO.: M-77-210 <br />Dear Ms. Farrell: <br />Thank you for the inspection report for this operation. As is <br />our custom, we believe that responses to the items in your report are <br />useful to provide you with our plan for action where any action is <br />needed. In the following responses, your observation or comment will be <br />repeated and then followed by our response. <br />1. The pit and future expansion areas were observed; the site was very <br />clean and organized. <br />RESPONSE: Thank you for the compliment. The Snyder Quarry ha:> a <br />compact organization and as a result is rather easy to keep well <br />ordered. Even in the future expansion, this organization should be able <br />to be maintained. <br />2. A topsoil stockpile was graded and seeded for use in future <br />reclamation efforts. It was suggested that a buffer of topsoi:. <br />stripped land be maintained between the pit walls and undisturbed <br />land to acheive maximum topsoil recovery. <br />RESPONSE: We realize that soil is a rather limited resource on <br />this land, although better than other quarry areas. We wish to point <br />out that much of what you saw as a seam of soil along the crest of t:he <br />highwalls has been there for many years and actually predates the law. <br />You are probably not familiar with the history of this operation. A <br />brief outline of part of that history could indicate to you why the soil <br />seam was present. <br />Very early in the history of the mine a legal issue forced a <br />stripping of all the land that was reasonably expected to be mined i.n <br />the life of the mine, as perceived at that time. The land was denuded <br />to the limit. The soil you saw along the edges of the highwalls is the <br />remnant of that stripping so long ago. <br />