1997-09-15_REVISION - M1981302

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/15/1997
• Doc Name: RATIONALE FOR APPROVAL OF TR TR-06 WESTERN MOBILE BOULDER INC DEEPE FARM PIT PN M-81-302
• Type & Sequence: TR6
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Rationale for TR-06 Approval-Western Mobile Page 2
Deepe Farm Pit, Permit No. M-81-302
September 15, 1997
directed by the notice to provide written comments to the Division by 5:00 p.m. on
September 2, 1997. On August 20, 1997, a copy of the public notice soliciting
comments on technical revision TR-006 was sent to landowners and easement holders
within 200 feet of the affected land.
2. In addition to following the public notice procedures that would be normally applied
to a new Limited Impact (type 110) Permit application, the Division, on August 20,
1997 mailed a copy of the public notice soliciting comments on technical revision
TR-06 to all persons and agencies that had submitted written comments on the
application for amendment AM-02 to the Deepe Farm Pit Permit. Amendment AM-02
to the Deepe Farm Pit Permit was approved with conditions by the Mined Land
Reclamation Board during a hearing held on June 26, 1997. The modifications to the
Deepe Farm Pit perimeter levee that are proposed in the technical revision TR-06
application were an issue that many objectors to amendment AM-02 wanted the
Board to consider during the June 26, 1997 hearing. As such, the Division considered
it to be appropriate and within the spirit of the Board's order that interested parties
to amendment AM-02 be provided an opportunity to comment on the technical
revision TR-06 application and that these persons and agencies be specifically
notified.
3. During the hearing on July 23, 1997, the Board expressed an interest in the
jurisdiction that various flood plain management agencies may have over the Deepe
Farm Pit perimeter levee. The Board further indicated that comments on the
technical revision TR-06 application should be solicited from such agencies. In order
to carry out this direction from the Board, on August 20, 1997 public notice soliciting
comments on technical revision TR-06 was sent to the staff of the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. The local land use authority with flood plain
jurisdiction at the Deepe Farm Pit location is Boulder County. As an objector to the
amendment AM-02 application, and as the local land use authority, Boulder County
was also provided the public notice soliciting comments on the technical revision
TR-06 application.
Review of TR-06
The technical revision application comprises a proposal to modify the side slopes and raise
the crest elevation of a portion of the Deepe Farm Pit perimeter levee. The initial
construction of this levee predates the issuance of a Reclamation Permit for the Deepe Farm
Pit. The operator provided a map with the TR-06 application that depicts the proposed final
configuration of the levee using 2-foot contours. The following issues were raised by the
Division regarding the adequacy of the TR-06 application under the Land Reclamation Act