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MONADNOCK <br />N1INERAL SERVICES <br />iii iii~iiiii~~~i iii <br />Robert q,~ <br />December <br />•~ ao• n, <br />,~,, <br />,... ,. <br />[]FC 1 7 1997 GtNVER Re~eiv~d <br />Bob Oswald d~F~Ci~ <br />Division of Minerals & Geolo$~;;iCnofi.;~nor;~s:.r,•oo.~~. ~~C <br />484 Turner Drive, B1dg.F-101 ~ !~ <br />Durango, CO 81301 19gT <br />RE: Response toLAdequacy7Review Letter 11/18/97 O/V,s~~~~h°~~~gGepo <br />sr <br />Dear Mr. Oswald: <br />The following responds to your letter dated 11/18/97 and our <br />phone conversations over the past couple of weeks. It is our hope <br />that by addressing the following, you will provide application <br />approval, at which time the bond forms will be completed and surety <br />provided so that a permit can be issued. <br />Disturbed alluvium, if not totally removed during the operation, <br />will have a minimum gradient of 3:1 upon being reclaimed. <br />I apologize for your confusion regarding a Geologic Hazard <br />investigation which may be required by the City of Ouray. This will <br />only be requested by the City, if and when, an application for a <br />building permit or deveopment plans are submitted. These will only <br />be submitted once the alluvium and waste rock has been removed from <br />the site, and there is a level building/development area at the <br />conclusion of the MLRB involvement. <br />Your concern that "debris may damage the highway" plus "damage <br />to structural development (buildings) on the site during the life of <br />the permit", are addressed as follows: <br />As stated previously, there will be no buildings <br />constructed or used during the•removal, screening <br />or transportation of the alluvium/waste rock. <br />Although no debris has historicallyy reached the highway <br />from this drainage, and even though by removing material <br />from the present "alluvial fan" there will be additional <br />room created for ppotential debris, it is proposed to <br />continually rovide grading and natural barriers (berms) <br />at the top o~ the remaining material, as removal proceeds, <br />which would direct any water and/br debris to the north, <br />along the•base of cliffs. This will prevent any material <br />from flowing over the pile and towards the direction of <br />the highway. If the project is terminated prior to the <br />total removal of the material, it is proposed to leave <br />these berms in place on the top of the remaining material <br />and not to bond for the removal of the berms. <br />• <br />To support the argument regarding vegetating similar <br />environments, during the summer of 1997, the City of Ouray broadcast <br />donated barley seed on portions of the North Ouray Corridor project, <br />where only river gravel and sand was present. The seed germinated <br />