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sss F ~. RED CANYON ~ ~~z ueet7'ao tuetrm cono',wtr j 3131 Barrett Road Colorado Springs, CO 80926 719.376.0363 1 I November, 1999 RECEIVED To: Mr. Van A. Truan Biologist and Regulatory Specialist U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District MAR 0 9 2000 Division of Minerals 8 Geology Subject: 10 November, 1999, inspection of the Red Creek Drainage Dear Mr. Truan, M ~ m °$~ v ~~~ ~ ~~ -- € gg a3i.P = c ~ ~W gg F~a~~ ~ o~ Thank you for responding to our request and inspecting the Red Creek drainage as it passes through Red Canyon Quarry and Red Canyon Ranch. Considering the two flood events of 1999, your findings that our quarry is in full compliance and there are no violations of any U. S. Army Corps of Engineer regulations was most reassuring. As we told you, we are committed to the very highest of environmental standards. We also appreciate your inspection of the area south of the ranch, where the haul road passes over the creek on the McBride/Weiland property. Your comments as a biologist and regulatory specialist are most important to us: 1) sediment deposits in this area are consistent with floods of this magnitude and could aot be attributed to the quarry; 2) trying to clean up the sediment from around the trees would make more of a mess than there is now; 3) the sediment will not hurt the growth of the trees; and , 4) there is seed material in the sediment and therefore leaving it in place is the best alternative. The mostimportant part of your visit was the advice you gave us on how to better contain the Flow Of Red Creek and further prevent erosion of the banks. l have provided a map at attachment 1 and a sketch at attachment 2 for your review. In section A (Quarry) we plan the following actions: ~ 1. Area of section A = 660' long x 11'avg. width = 7,260 sq. ft. 2. Rip Rap sides of creek. ' 3. Cut down and remove small cottonwoods from center of creek 4. Remove foreign debris. In section B (Ranch) we plan the followwg actions: 1. Area of section B = 1130' long x 11' avg. width = 12,430 sq. ft. 2. Rip rap sides. 3. Excavate high (filled-in) portions of creek to natural flowline.