PERMFILE70581

• Permit No: M2003037
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/15/2003
• Doc Name: Adequacy Response
• From: Banks and Gesso LLC
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

September l0, 2003
Response to ac Review
Second DMG Adequ Y
our letter), the only potentially hazardous
In reference to your comments about the hazardous materials and wastroximately under Wit m
e 2 of y 100 gallons of
the Mining Plan -beginning in the middle of Pa9 roducts such as app
materials that will stored on site will be petroleum p
allons of diesel fuel, and various lubrican~s+ ~ be stored withineaalirted
whether in drums, tanks or trailers,
oil, a maximum of 2000 g able of containisoil contamination.
Oil products stored on site, containment structue hut) and preventing designed to
earthen berm or otsuch as a spit deck or drum storag
filling ( liner (such as v+squeen cape t that the total
spills during hl unlikely
Containment berms will be lined with aheavy-du allons (excluding containers less than 55
SPCC) Plan will be
prevent soil and water f o ~aP odu+cis er~~ ads 3i120 g n the hi9 licant further
above ground storag ill of a
gallons in capacity), a Spill Prevention g~ateland Federal eegulattons.(The 2rtable sp
ed and implemented as required by in the event of any p fax to the
develop ermit area. Notice wilt be made by
commits to notifying the Division of Minerals and Geology
toxic or hazardous material within the mined land p
Minerals Program Supervisor and will include a call back number for the responsible compan
official for DMG staff to use as a contact. concurrently mined. The haul
" +thin the Mining Plan" section, there will be an internal haul road that
Regarding Item #2 of the W acted dirt, and will run along the
links Phase One reclamation area with the rest of the areas being
20 {eat in width, constructed of comp will be approximately 3,200 feet
road will be approximately Road 6175)•
western side of the property (adjacent to County
in length at its maximum during Phase 5 mining' Plan' section, please see the attached volu ed
" +thin the Mining ures were comp
Referencing Item #3 of the W rams for the Haldorson sit de th ofremaining overburden of
and an average p are and
calculations andecdrePin ofctQPso laof 12 inches,
using an averag there will be 224,367 CY of
According to the calculations,
4 feet over the o eeortof Ih 3%Iculationsdwa as n There twellbe 879e541~CY of overburden
have a marg+n in of all mine
material being waste fines, there will be another
topsoil available from stripe 9 TerraModel program
stripped from all m~standard of 10°I ao em ne+d bl asobackflllsas well.+n ThenoAhern bar +
Using an industry
roximately 1,612,151 GY of material will be needed to backfill the Wort er
710,032 CY of waste fines available for use onl overburden and waste fines for
calculates that app as roposed. Using Y
backfill area to the 5780 elevation, p so+l
backfill, there will be a total 1,589,573 CY av u+fe I alone+we ulVy expect that thereJwillfbe a Sough
ro ram, so based on those fig lace a minimum of 12 inches Based on
error for the p g ro osed backfill elevati 222 042 CY of topsoil will be needed. th. AnY
material to reached the p P roximately h topsoil to achieve this proposed dap
across the entire reclaimed areas, app rade of the north end
TerraModel calculations, we have more than enou9
excess topsoil will rem 00 CY)t wal not a d to ttheh overall beclamati on 9 uch a small amoun o
difference (approx. 22
a e 3), we submit
(5780')_ our letter (beginning on P g
the owners of the Haldorsor eA d The
In reference to the "WildlifeonHe baalnd, Alic aoGeo ge, e s knowledge there are
the following. According ears, there are no known wildlife resources on the p P
Though deer and pheasants
has historically been used as farmland. To the eor
Gravel Mineosie~ r the last 40 y there is also no known or
156-acre p P ro art that have been used as wildlif As a$ ich ( With no known
no areas on their p P y ro arty from time to time). arias on the property.
have been seen on the P endangered or threatened sP riculture remaining on the unmined
documented presence of anY and after reclamation,
existing wildlife habitat or resources on the site, and wit ag routes and loss of food source.
the proposed operation, both during mining
areas and the reclaimed areas, artment has indicateCr't cal
act on existing wildlife, including on migratory
and a map entitled '
will not have an imp
Further, Mr. Rick Gibbons of the Montrose County Planning e
according to County's Master Plan (adopted October 25, 2001)
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