2005-06-20_REVISION - M1974052

• Permit No: M1974052
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/20/2005
• Doc Name: submittal
• From: varra companies inc
• To: dmg
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Varna Companies, Inc. ~ Su,a- ~,~~ ~-
Office of Special Projects
1431 Easr 16th Street Greelev. Colorado 80631 Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
Monday 13 June 2005 Certified Mail - Retum Receipt Requested
#: 7003 10100002 8996 4703
Gregg Squire, Reclamation Specialist ~' '~
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology JUN 2 0 2C05 v
Office of Mined Land Reclamation /
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215-f~as;on of rc,,,c,n,, ~ rsnln.7
Denver, CO 80203
RE: M1974-052~Pit 101 (Del Camino) -Warranty and Permit Release Request.
Dear Gregg:
We have addressed this request to your attention due to your greater familiarity over other
specialists with the location. Varna Companies, Inc. seeks release of the above permit and
related financial and performance warranties. Support for this request is as follows:
- Originally permitted at 1311 acres under a `Land Stabilization and Reclamation
Agreement' on 24 June 1974, the operation was converted to a Regular (112) Permit
on 5 December 1980, with Recreation as the approved end use.
- The operation was Amended in 1985 and 1992. The 1985 Amendment changed the
end use to Agriculture. Both the 1985 and 1992 Amendments (1 and 2 respectively)
were released by the Division on 26 November 2003; leaving the balance of the
original 1311 acre permit.
- Of the remaining 1311 acre permit area, 10t acres of a coal ash study area was
released by the Division on 28 January 2002, as described in correspondence and a
related map from DMG's Harry Posey of that date; leaving a balance of 1211 acres
remaining to be released. The 10t acres released by the Division was subsequently
released by the Colorado Department of Health, as indicated in the attached
correspondence from CDH.
- Of the 1211 remaining acres, the Colorado Division of Water Resources released the
single remaining pond as 53t acres {53.0764) of 'Pre-law' water, which does not
require augmentation. The balance of exposed water on the site was backfilled under
an approved Backfill Permit, as part of a Technical Revision approved by the Division
on 3 September 1996.
A The southeast comer of the quarter section south of St. Vrain Creek is operated
exclusively by Patina Oil and Duke Energy, with an attending reclamation agreement
with the landowner. This portion of the permit area was not affected by the operator.
A The approved permit called for revegetation along the perimeters of any ponds. A
durable cover of native vegetation, predominantly wheatgrass, exists along the
remaining pond. The balance of surrounding lands are graded to 3H:1V or flatter and
seeded. Vegetation establishment varies based upon the seeding date, intervals and
existing land uses.
- Since the operator is also the landowner, the site is currently being used under
agricultural rules established by Weld County, Colorado, including the construction of a
Residence, a Recreational Home, a storage area for valuable materials, and related
outbuildings, consistent with agricultural properties throughout Weld County, Colorado.
The existing shop area on the extreme NW comer of the property was never inGuded
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