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~~r-tM r ~' /- r ~ P ~ Fle~,ti~ dl~~e~~~ Roger Fleming PO Box 1282 Montrose, CO 81402 July 17, 2003 Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO ~ 03 / RE: Haldorson Sand and Gravel Mine, File No. M-200/3-037 Sirs: RECEIVED JUL 2 1 ZtL3 / Division ~f Minerals and Geology Please require Haldorson and Sons, Inc. to provide a thorough ground water assessment done by a qualified hydrologic agency before issuing a permit. At a recent meeting with the Montrose Planning Commission it came to light that a water study had not been accomplished. There are concerns over springs adjacent and downstream as well as potential impact on adjudicated water rights. The hydrologic study should include a sufficient number of monitoring wells on the perimeter of the property at a depth of the proposed mining operation. Because of the nature of ground water flows in the Spring Creek area these well should be evaluated on a weekly basis over a period of one year. This study should provide evidence that the proposed project will not alter or impact historic water rights or the ten decreed springs that exist directly east and downstream of the deepest part of the mine. The study must ensure against contamination of ground water and surface water from any source. To ensure effective study results the applicant should be required to establish a baseline of information of the current air and water quality so future air and water quality standazd can be reasonably enforced during the life of the mine. The current application statements are inadequately supported. Haldorson and Sons, Inc. says it will restore the mine for cropland. A pit 40 feet deep, neazly one mile long and 1000 feet wide with a high water table will be wholly unsuitable for cropland. Therefore it is requested that Haldorson and Sons, Inc. be required to reclaim the land as cropland to a depth of not more than ten feet below the present level of the land or two feet above the highest ground water recorded during the hydrologic testing period. It is also requested that all test results be made public including those on which claims of gravel deposits, overburden, topsoil and no ground water aze based.