PERMFILE58642

• Permit No: M1992100
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/21/1992
• Doc Name: ADEQUACY CONCERNS RIVER BOTTOM PIT RIVER BOTTOM LAND CORP FN M-92-100
• From: DMG
• To: RIVER BOTTOM LAND CORP
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
177 3 Sherman 51.. Room ? I S
Denver, CO 80203
Phones (303)8663567
FAX: [phone]
October 21, 1992
Ms. Patricia Farnsworth
River Bottom Land Corporation
1425 4005 Lane
Paonia, CO 81428
Re: Adequacy Concerns, River Bottom Pit, River Bottom Land Corp., File No.
M-92-100
Dear Ms. Farnsworth:
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Din Sion Director
Your reclamation permit application for surface mining in Delta County was
considered complete for technical review on October 2, 1992. The decision date
for the application is scheduled for November 2, 1992. The following list of
concerns must be addressed prior to the decision date.
Exhibit A- Leeal Description
You are required to supply a legal description accurate to the nearest quarter,
quarter section. The legal description supplied is accurate to the half,
quarter section. Please supply the required description.
Exhibit B- Site Description
In item 3 of Exhibit B you have indicated that no water resources would receive
drainage directly from the affected area. This would be remarkable considering
that the affected area is an intermittently active channel of the North Fork of
the Gunnison. Please describe the nature of the physical barriers which
prevent run-off from this site from draining to the North Fork and describe how
storm water will be controlled at the site to prevent sediment from the
disturbed area from entering the North Fork or other drainages.
Exhibit C- Mine Plan
You have indicated that no soil suitable as a plant growth medium is available
for salvage. It is also indicated that a crusher, screening plant, and
possibly a wash plant may be operating on site. Fines generated from these
operations may be a suitable plant growth medium if they are well graded, i.e.
consist of approximately equal amounts of a variety of grain sizes. You have
already indicated that all suitable plant growth medium encountered during
operations will be salvaged. Please also commit to salvaging any suitable
(well graded] fines generated from crushing, screening, and washing operations
up to the point that a sufficient quantity is stockpiled to reclaim the site.