PERMFILE69721

• Permit No: M2000158
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/30/2001
• Doc Name: Response to SCD Concerns
• From: ENVIRONMENT INC
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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LARRY E. O'BRIAN
FOUNDER
March 30, 2001
Ms. Erica Crosby
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman St., #215
Denver, CO 80215
Dear Erica;
RE: Platte Sand & Gravel LLC
S&H Mine, Permit # M-2000-158
7985 VANCE DRIVE, SUITE 205A
ARVADA, COLORADO 80003
303-423-7297
FAX [phone]
RECEIVED
MAR 3 0 2001
DiYisian of Minerals and Geology
This will serve to address the letter the Division received on
March 19, 2001 from the Platte Valley SCD. I note that the
Division received the document nearly 33 days after the public
comment period ended. If my memory serves me right, the Platte
Valley SCD was advised in a notice they received on December 23,
2000 that they had the same comment period as everyone else and
still failed to follow the rules. I feel it is very important to
make sure all interested parties follow the rules laid out in the
law, even the SCD. Since they do not appear on the "PARTY TO THE
CASE" list their comments would not be addressed, normally.
Platte Sand & Gravel LLC has asked me to respond to this as a
courtesy to the local SCD office, but I feel the above comments had
to be made to keep the record straight. After reading their
comments I find that many of the items would have been very useful
when I was preparing the permit. I have accepted some of their
suggestions and made some of the corrections they pointed out.
On behalf of our client Platte Sand & Gravel LLC (PS&G), I
will respond to the Platte Valley SCD letter in the order pre-
sented. We wish to thank the SCD Board for the time they took to
review the permit.
Soils/limitation. - This is not a Division of Minerals and Geology issue.
It would be addressed if there were engineered foundations for
permanent structures on the site.
For Septic - The same soils data was presented by the NRCS in their
report and this information is repetitive. Prior to building a
septic system for this facility PS&G will have to have it designed
and approved by the Weld County Health Dept. The engineers hired
to design a septic system will have to take into account the soils