PERMFILE70560

• Permit No: M1985001
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/8/1985
• Doc Name: J&J PIT M-85-001
• From: MLRD
• To: GLACIER GRAVEL PRODUCTS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES III I II I VIII III ill
Davitl N. Getche0. Executive Director ggg
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
DAVID C. SHELTON, Director
Richartl D. Lamm
Governor
January 8, 1985
Mr. Jim Helmericks
Glacier Gravel Products
400 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301
Re: J & J Pit -File No. M-85-001
Dear Mr. Helmericks:
This is to inform you that our Division has received your permit application
for the above captioned operation and the accompanying cover letter. I am
assigning the review of this application to our reclamation speci list,
Philip Saletta. You should be receiving a letter from him in the next few
days informing you of the filing status of the application. Sinc I will be
handling the possible violation concerning this site, I will respond to your
cover letter that answers my letter of December 26, 1984.
Your first point concerns the need for aperinit for this operation. I do not
recall the details of our conversation of last March. However, t ically, I
do not make such decisions concerning the need for a permit. The sual
procedure is to request that potential mining operator submit a le ter
describing his proposed activities, and our Division Director will either make
a decision in the matter or schedule the question for a discussion item before
t!le 3oard for their determination. Tiie facts that the operation is err your
property and that you do not directly charge for gravel (although, I note that
you do charge for hauling the yr•avel) do not necessarily exempt tlr operation
from being permitted. In fact, many such gravel removal operations nave been
required to be permitted.
The height of the highwall may indeed be less than the estimate made by our
specialist. However, any such gravel highwall must be reduced in Is lope for
final reclamation and cannot be considered to be stable over any period of
time. The final status of this highwall will be resolved during t~te
permitting process. I
The other issue you mentioned concerning lack of runoff control, a~ well as
other potential problems within the extraction area (such as lack f topsoil
salvage and the need to perhaps include the haul road within the p rmit area),
can also be resolved with an approved permit application for this ite.
r~litiiout an approved plan for this site, it is difficult to evaluat the
severity of any potential problems due to your excavation. Thus, he
identification of potential problems must be done by our field per onnel. The
approved permit can then resolve these problems.
423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (~03) 866-3567