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~, S TAT 999 HARD D. LAMM. Govemm DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES D. Monte Pascoe, Executive Director MIlVED LAND RECLAMATION 423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 130203 Tel. (303) ~~~ 866-3567 David C. Shelton Director M E M O R A N D U M T0: Joe Zalkind / ~~ V FROM: Susan Mowry ~6uv~- ` DATE: June 21, 1982 RE: Unpermitted sand and gravel operation. On June 17, 1982, using the directions you had received from a caller, I found an unpermitted gravel operation in Delta County. The operation is southwest of Paonia, Colorado and can be reached by driving 8/10 of a mile on Colorado Highway 187 to Lane 4005, then going north until reaching the operation, approximately Z mile. At the site I met and talked with Ray Bingham. He is the owner of Bingham Construction and Crushing. He has been in charge of the operation for one week. The previous operator was Grand Mesa Materials, who had been in operation at the site since this spring. Before Grand Mesa, the county had operated at the site but that was 8-10 years ago. Grand Mesa had purchased their crusher and conveyor from Ray Bingham but they failed to keep up with the payments. Mr. Bingham, therefore, repossessed the machinery and took over the operation. At this time what he is doing is dredging a short section of the river as a means of flood control. He is under contract to private owners of river front property. He has a lease for the acreage where he is crushing, mixing and storing the dredge material with Ralph Wilson. He has contacted the Corp of Engineers but they did not require a permit. There is approximately 4-5 acres of disturbance at this time. There is a small coal gob pile that has been there for many years. It reportedly came from Western Slope Carbon, Inc., a local coal mine. Ray is currently mixing the gob with gravel and selling to one of his customers. There are a couple of small pits on the site as well as some dikes previously constructed to control the river.