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AZURITE, INC. 10001 CR 12 P.O. Box 338 COTOPAXI, CO 81 223 (7 19) 942-4 178 FAX: (7 19) 942-4 178 OCTOBER 3. 199 MR. LARRY OEH LER COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY 1 3 3 $HER MAN STREET RM 2 rJ DENVER. CO 80203 ocr ; ~ iqy~, UIVIS,Oi. .;l inn,;-nu o ~, ir.:'I Ala, RE. TEZA r: STONE AND AGGREGATE SUPPLY CO.. PERMIT M-8 I -O8O AMENDMENT DEAR MR. OEM LER. PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR ANY CONFUSION I MIGHT OF CAUSED YOU IN REGARDS TO THE STATIS OF THE TE.'_Ati CONSTRUCTION/TEZAK STONE AND AGGREGATE PERMIT STATIS. WHEN I LAST TALKED WITH YOU IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, I CALLED TO CHECK ON THE STATIS OF REVIEW OF THE PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION. AT THAT TIME, YOU TOLD ME THAT THE PERMIT AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL THE SUCCESSION OF OPERATOR PROCESS WAS COMPLETED. AT THAT TIME. ASSUMED THAT ANY ACTON TO BE TAKEN ON YOUR PART WOULD FOLLOW FROM MY TELEPHONE CALL TO YOU EARLIER IN THE SUMMER CONFIRMING THAT THE MINING OPERATION HAS EXPANDED OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES ( PERFORMED A PACE AND COMPASS SURVEY ON THE MINING PROPERTY AFTER YOU SENT ME THE ORIGINAL MINE PLAN MAP) BY THE 2.7 ACRES THAT WOULD INCLUDE DISTURBED GROUND USED FOR TRUCK TURNING ON THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE SCALES AND MOSTLY ON THE WEST END OF THE MINING AREA WHERE CRUSHER STOCKPILES AND ASPHALT MIXING EQUIPMENT WAS POSITIONED DURING THE 994 HIGHWAY REPAVING PROJECT. THERE IS APP. 2.S ACRES OF GROUND ON THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS USED FOR STORAGE OF HIGHWAY GAURD RAIL POSTS AND RAILING UNTIL THEY WERE INSTALLED IN 1994 AND EOUIPM ENT AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND EQUIPMENT PARKING DURING THE 1994 SEASON. THIS AREA HAS BEEN RECLAIMED VIA TOPSOIL IMPORTED FROM A NEARBY US SO RIVER PARK CONSTR UCTON PROJECT, SEEDED AND MULCHED AS DESCRIBED IN THE PERMIT APPLICATON DOCUMENT. IN FACT. THE OPERATOR, MIKE TEZAK, HAS RECLAIMED AREAS BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE CURRENT MINING ZONE THAT INCLUDED OLD HIGHWAY DEPT. GRAVEL EXITiACTON AREAS AND STOCKPILE AREAS THAT PREDATE THE ORIGINAL 198 I PERMIT. I BELIEVE THAT A SITE VISIT WOULD CLARIFY YOUR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DISTURBED AREA OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL PERMIT BOUNDARIES. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED SHOP BUILDING SITE WITH YOU. THE OPERATOR IS PLANNING ON BUILDING A SHOP FACILTY TO SERVICE HIS SMALL FLEET OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION EOUIPM ENT, NOT RELATED TO THE MINING OPERATON. ALTHOUGH SOME LOADING AND RIP-RAP PRODUCTION IS PERFORMED BY THE OPERATORS HIGHWAY CONSTR UCT ON Ep UIPMENT, 90% OF ALL MINING IS PERFORMED BY SUB-CON7RACTOR DURING THE HIGHWAY PAVING PROJECT, EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. WHILE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE OPERATOR WAS NOT TO INCLUDE THE SHOP 6UILDING SITE WITHIN THE AFFECTED LAND BOUNDARIES AND WHILE NEARBY. NOT PART OF THE MINING OPERATON, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE SHOP