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<br />David C. Shelton, Director <br />February 20, 1987 _ <br />Page 2 6'r _n~/I <br />NNW <br />Applicant asks to be allowed to mine s~ acres, <br />is grass and willow covered, to an elevation ec <br />water table or 6,536 feet. Mean water level <br />create a lake five feet deep in the area mined. <br />4. Applicant should be required to obtain an Army <br />Engineers report No. 404 to address the <br />excavation is in the center of the floodway a <br />the Corporation of Engineers and will, in fac <br />an elevation fifteen feet below the one hund~ <br />elevation of 6,551.5 feet, thus creating e: <br />effect on bQt river banks downstream as w <br />upstream. kJ~ Jy„o'~ n(.,L ,~,Qa~~y~n <br />Riprap already placed in the river by the Apby the Ap <br />also be evaluated in this No. 404 examination. <br />c~-o~ <br />~~ ~~~~ <br />~' <br />A re-evaluation by the Wildlife authoriti <br />required since the Mined Land Wildlife Question <br />by the Applicant states the operation to only <br />bar from above low water line on the west bank <br />River", when, in fact, the mining of six <br />includes over five acres of grass, willow and t <br />v~~ <br />most of which <br />ial to the low <br />of 6,542 will <br />'orporation of <br />'act proposed <br />described by <br />be mined to <br />'d year flood <br />:reme erosion <br />/s/ nriveer banl~s n n <br />1~evAw'.v,~~~, .(~ ~ ~j~•SC <br />licant 's'hould <br />~6t p4~~~ <br />s should be <br />afire prepared <br />Removing sand <br />of the Animas <br />surface acres <br />ee area. <br />In closing, we request this Willow Bend Pit applica ion be denied <br />by the Mined Land Reclamation Division because of th many adverse <br />conditions which would be inflicted upon the Animas River by this <br />proposed sand pit. <br />Sincerely, <br />~` <br />'/ <br />~' <br />~//, ii <br />~ _:~ <br />~ yl~1~'2l <br />~¢~~ , <br />o /J~ J <br />