PERMFILE52322

• Permit No: M1999018
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/10/1999
• Doc Name: NOTE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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2 am here today to ask you to review the Wainer Rock pex~~nit foz
misrepresentation during this whole pr~cese. #1 To
start with Dale Biskup came to me and said that Jay Wagner has financial
difficulties and needed some extra income. He was going to have him
excavate an area for a hay storage shed on the ridge above his house and
Jay would get the money from selling the Tc•ck from the excavation site
and that would keep him from losing everything. He assured me that the
everything would be done by October. Then at the planning commission
meeting on April 6th, Jay asks for a 10 ye:~r permit. They gave him a 5
year permit and the County Commission on A~~ril 12 gave him a 3 year
permit, the Soil Conservation on April 14 recommended no blasting. 'This
was just to level an area for hay storage. I was left in the dark
wondering what happened to Ghe Original 6 months. You should see the
area now_ Tt looks like a new mountain ravage, and just for a hay
storage area. 2 hardly can believe they.
#2 Distance of the mine from the Spring. Ac the April
Zanning Commission and Soil Conservation meetings Jay said that it was
600 feet. less than 1/2 mile. That would be 2030 feet. At the April
County Commissioners meeting Jay stated that •`the spring ie within the
watershed but is about 3000 feet away`. F. letter from the soil
Conservation repor d that the spring is actually 1/10 of a mile away
Prom the site. (5~~ teed
#3 Nearest manmade structure. On February 23 on the
tiimited Impact Operational Reclamation ve~.~nic Apylicat ion Form it stated
4000 feet. On February 24 on the Constru::t ion Materials Limited Impact
Operational Fermic Application Form it et.ited 2500 feet. On the March 6

letter to the Division of Minerals and Ge~~logy from Wagner it stated
none within 1000 feet and showed a map of the nearest structure which
was Siskups at 1310 feet. I think the nearest manmade structure is the
Apringbox which is i/10th of a mile as stated by the Soil Conservation
oT£ite.
~ Elevation of the Mine Site. February 23 permit
stated 7200 feet. February 24 permit staeed 6400 feet. April 6th at
the planning commission stated 6600 feet. That is a difference of 800
feet. I triink it is about 6400 feet.
#~. Elevation of the Spring site.. At the County
Commissioners meeting it was stated that the elevation of the spring was
6204 feet. That is completely wrong. Lc+ok at the map and you will see
that Highway 394 is 6204 feet. I don`t think their is much dif renck ,Q,,,,/ .c..,
in [he elevation between the spring and ~:he mining eite.30 ~ oV~~yu 1~~
#6 Wagners letter co the Division of Minerals and
Geology dated April 6th states Chat ••upon completion of the excavation
there will be no reclamation efforts as ~=his sites intended for
agriculture and will be developed. AC t:ze County Commissioners meeting
he said that the site will be reclaimed. The same letter Exhibit B
regarding site description states no str yams, springs, etc. that will
receive drainage directly from the permit area within a 1000 foot
radius. The spring is less than 1000 feee~ xava berms been made to
control the drainage./Exhib it C states the mining will end when
necessary excavation has been completed to satisfy the requirements for
construction of the hay storage area. Pgain my question. How long does
it take co excavate a hay storage areal Lets tell the truth, this is
not a hay storage area. IL is a gravel pit/ rock quarry. Same page the
excavation varies from 0 feet to 23 fef:t. How deep have you excavated
now? Carl Mount from the Division of Minerals and Geology was out here
inspecting Lhe mine site and the spring and thinks that with the lay of
the land all water from the whole area :is directed underground down the
draw where the spring is, and if they mine deep enough they could