2003-11-24_REVISION - M1995095

• Permit No: M1995095
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/24/2003
• Doc Name: Amendment Application Completeness
• From: Schuler Terracing
• To: DMG
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
September 29, 2003
Mr. Henry A. Schuler
Schuler Terracing
510 Caribou St.
P.O. Box 398
Simla, CO 80835
COLORAI70
DIVISION O F
MINESRALS
GEOLOGY
RECLA NATION•MI NING
FAFETY•FCIENCF
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Simla Highway Pit, Permit No. M-1995-095, Receipt of 110 Construction Materials Reclamation
Permit Amendment Application Package, AM -1
Dear Mr. Schuler:
On September 29, 2003, the Division of Minerals and Geology received your the 110 Construction Materials
Reclamation Permit Amendment Application package for the Simla Highway Pit, Permit No. M-1995-095.
Preliminary review of the information received determined that the following items must be received before the
Division can consider your application as being submitted and technical review can begin:
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APPi.TCATT(1N FORM: Lpage 2, Item 6 and 7~ Needs completing. Page 2, Item 9: Needs
completing. Page 2, Item 11: Needs completing.
EXHIRTT P _ Reclamation Plan (Role 63.41e (1) The purpose of the Reclamation Plan is to
describe the timing, procedures, criteria and materials that will be used to reclaim the affected ]and to
the proposed future land use. This plan must be correlated to Exhibit E -Map. The description of the
Reclamation Plan must be adequate to satisfy the requirements of Section 3.1 and demonstrate
compliance with Rule 3. At a minimum, the Application shall include the following information:
(~ All Limited Impact 110 applications must provide an estimate of the actual costs to
reclaim the site based on what it would cost the state using an independent contractor to complete
reclamation. Include the unit costs for the following activities as appropriate to the operation:
backfilling, grading, topsoil application, seeding mulching, fertilization, and labor to complete
reclamation. Determine and specify the point during the operation when the site has reached a point of
maximum disturbance. The cost to reclaim the site to the specifications of the Reclamation Plan at this
point must be estimated. Unit costs (cost per cubic yard), volumes, haul or push distances, and grades
must be included when backfilling and grading is part of the Reclamation Plan. Volume and unit costs
for finish grading, subsoil and topsoil applicafion must be provided in terms of cost per cubic yard. The
estimated cost for fertilizer, seed and mulch acquisition and application must be provided as cost per
acre.
(2) Equipment costs must include such factors as equipment operator wages and benefits, fuel and
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