PERMFILE49654

• Permit No: M2001038
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/4/2001
• Doc Name: FAX COVER
• From: DMG
• To: ROBERT FLEMING
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
De Pdrlmenl OI Ndlurdl Re50urCe5
131 3 Sherman SI., Roam ? 15
Denver, Colorado 80?03
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 1, 2001
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D I l'I S ION OF
MINERAL S
GEOLOGY
0. E C L A M A T I O N
MINING•SAFETY
David Lincoln Bill O'+iens
Bennett Sand & Gravel Co. Governor
Greg E lvalcher
500 E. 56th Avenue Esecmive D~reaor
Commerce Ci[y, CO 80023 6liihael B. Long
Dwlvon Diredur
RE: Bennett Sand & Gravel Pit #2. Adequacy Review, File No. M-2001-038
Dear Mr. Lincoln:
Listed below aze adequacy review comments on your Regular 112 Application for the above-captioned
operation. The decision date for your application is scheduled for July 5, 2001. Therefore, I would
appreciate a response from you on or before June 22, 2001. Any public comments that we receive on your
application during the interim will be forwarded to you. Please be advised that your application may be
deemed inadequate and may be denied on July 5, 2001 unless [he following adequacy. review items are
addressed [o the satisfaction of the Division.
6.4.3 EXHIBIT C -Pre-Minine and Minine Plan blap(s) of Affected Lands
1. An April 20, 2001 Division of Wildlife (DOW) letter addressed [o Carl Mount of the Division of
Minerals and Geology (DMG) indicates an uncertainty of whether the proposed pit extends south to 64th
Street and includes the Kiowa Creek waterway and trees or whether such areas are completely outside the
proposed permit area. Please clarify.
6.4.4 EXHIBIT D -Minine Plan
2. The Applicant indicates on page 2 of the application form that oil products for minor equipment
maintenance will be used or stored within the permit area. Please describe the type grid volume of
oiUpetroleum products to be used or stored on site, where they will be stored, and any containment
measures that will be used to ensure protection of groundwater in the event of a leak or spill. Please
respond.
3. Please clarify the depth of overburden to be removed, the depth of deposit to be mined, and the overall
pit depth.
4. The Applicant indicates in the mining plan that the Bennett Pi[ #2 will be a dry pit and no groundwater
will be encountered. The index map shows that the southeast comer of the permit area is adjacent to
Kiowa Creek. Accordingly, please provide a commitment to stay at least two (2) feet above the
groundwater table at all times. In the unlikely event that groundwater is exposed, the operator will need to