REV07682

• Permit No: M1977053
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/7/1994
• Doc Name: SMITH PIT II FN M-94-074 ADEQUACY REVIEW OF 111 PERMIT APPLICATION
• From: DMG
• To: ASPHALT CONSTRUCTORS INC
• Type & Sequence: CN1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado 802D3
Phone:[phone]
FAX: [phone]
July 7, 1994
Mr. Doug McDonald
Asphalt Constructors, Inc.
P.O. Box 449
Alamosa, CO 81101
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
lames 5. Loc hhead
Eaec ulive Director
RE: Smith Pit II (File No. M-94-074) Adequacy review of 111 p~;,,~„`°nR
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application
Dear Mr. McDonald:
I have reviewed the application referenced above and have
identified the following adequacy concerns:
EXHIBIT C: Reclamation of the pit is indicated not to occur
until the fall of 1995. Topsoil salvaged prior to excavation
of the gravel beginning in 1994 will, as a result, be
stockpiled until that time which is over a year or one growing
season. There is no commitment made in the application to
stabilize the topsoil stockpile with vegetation for this
period of time in order to protect this resource from erosion
and loss.
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Please commit to stabilize the topsoil stockpile with
vegetation until its use in reclaiming the pit by seeding it
in the fall of 1994 and indicate what seed mix is to be used
in this stabilization.
EXHIBIT C: The application indicates that the asphalt batch
plant is to be located within the adjacent permit area for the
Lyle Smith Pit (Permit M-77-053). Review of the permit
package for the Lyle Smith Pit indicates that such a facility
was never approved for that pit.
Please indicate if this plant is entirely portable. If it is,
then you should immediately submit a technical revision to the
6,~ permit of the Lyle Smith Pit proposing the installation of a
portable asphalt batch plant within the permit area. If there
are no environmental or reclamation concerns associated with
installation of such a facility, the Division should have
little difficulty in approving the revision and would do so
expeditiously. If, however, the plant is not entirely
portable, you will also have to propose a technical revision
to the permit of the.Lyle Smith Pit but you must describe the
plant in detail, revise your reclamation plan to include its
removal, and provide for its removal in your reclamation bond.