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5 TATS OF COLORAf10 HII u.+Nl~ U~tA ~b~ym nnr DEPAgTMENi OF NA7URAE HESOUHCES D. Monte Pascoe, Executive Director A11NE1) L.ANll RE(;LA1~1A'I'ION 423 Centennial Building, 1373 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (303) 639-3567 iii iiu»~iu~iiiii 999 David C. Shelton Director December 15, 1980 Mr. Wayman Bryan President, Fremont Paving, Inc. 839 MacKenzie P.O. Box 841 Canon City, Colorado 81212 RE: MacKenzie Pit - Our file no. 80-224 Dear Mr, Bryan: I have just received the proofs of publication and notification of adjacent landowners for the above captioned operation. I find these to be adequate for Board consideration on the December 18 meeting. I also received the letter from the Colorado Division of Wildlife and find that it also is adequate. I reviewed the letter done by Mr, Rapp in response to my letter of December 1, 1980. In general, I find that the comments contained therein answer my outstanding questions. However, I still have a few comments in response to this letter that I have outlined below (ref. letters and nos. from my letter). EXHIBIT B 3. If the topsoil stockpile is not kept to no steeper than 2:1, it becomes even more imperative that it be planted with a perennial grass cover crop to ensure that it will not be subject to erosion (by both wind and water). I recommended such a cover crop. Such a cover crop is common, prudent practice for topsoil stockpiles. As such, I will make such a recommendation to the Board during the upcoming meeting and am prepared to defend it. EXHIBIT E 3. The change to the seeding rates that I proposed in my letter was recommended to me by Jim Schmieding. During my experience as a reclama- tion specialist, seeding rates such as those suggested by him have been shown to be more successful for long term reclamation than the lighter rates suggested in your original application materials. Thus, I plan tc recommend these rates to the Board. EXHIBIT H Typical reclamation costs for a gravel operation (minimum cost to the State) on a per acre basis are now $1,000.00. This being the case, a total reclamation bond of $2,500.00 seems quite reasonable. The potential costs of reclamation to the State are considerably more than typical operator costs. Therefore, I intend to recommend the $2,500.00 bond as previously stated.