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the three (3) sections to be mined, which shows the dimensions of the berm width or "setback distance" for <br />adjacent floodplain areas to be excavated to up to 15 feet below ground surface. The applicant should also <br />specify the slope dimensions to be maintained during mining of the surrounding, adjacent lands. (The <br />Division recommends adoption of a minimum berm width (or setback distance) of 10 feet from the edge of <br />each stream bank and excavation at no steeper than a 1:1 slope). Please respond. <br />4. The Division requests that the following criteria be followed in re-establishing reclaimed stream banks <br />of Sandy Creek: slopes less than or equal to five (5) feet in height will be reestablished at a 1:1 slope, <br />slopes greater than five (5) feet in height will be reestablished at a 2:1 slope. <br />5. The Division recommends that the applicanUoperator leave, where feasible, existing mature cottonwood <br />trees and/or other large, native woody vegetation. <br />6.4.12 EXHIBIT L -Reclamation Costs <br />6. The applicant proposed reclamation cost estimate will be evaluated using the Division's reclamation cost <br />estimating program to include indirect costs. <br />Once again, I will look forward to your response on or before June 2007 to allow adequate time for review <br />before the June 11, 2007 decision date. Rule 1.8.1 states that changes and additions to the permit <br />application must be filed with the Division and the County Clerk and Recorder. The applicant must also <br />provide the Division with an affidavit or receipt demonstrating that the change or addition was filed with <br />the County Clerk and Recorder no later than the close of business on the day the change was filed with the <br />Division. <br />Please contact me at (303) 866-3567 if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~~~~~ ~y=~~~~~ <br />Thomas Ate. Scuhreiner <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Co: Carl Mount, DMG (via E-mail) <br />Mr. Gregory Larson <br />14977 County Road 97 <br />Haxtun, CO 90731 <br />