ENFORCE28948

• Permit No: M1978056
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 7/16/2004
• Doc Name: Request to Continue RTB Hearing
• From: Varra Companies Inc.
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Varna Companies, Inc.
8120 Gage Sheet Frederick, CO 80516 Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
Thursday 15 May 2003
Bnxe Humphries, supervisor RECE! VED
Office of Mined Land Reclamation
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology JUL 16 2004
1313 Shem>an Street, Room 214
Denver, Colorado 80534 Division ~f Minerals and Geology
Subject: Amendment to M7&056: Varna Companies, Inc. -Durham Sand &t Gravel Pit.
CONTINUE CONSIDERATION FOR REASON TO BELIEVE (NOV) OF 27 MAY 2004.
C~4SS; ,irn~'orC~rCYI'~
Dear Bruce:
As determined during our conference of Thursday 14 July 2004, Anderson Consulting Engineers (ACE} will perform a
hydraulic evaluation comparing existing conditions at the Durham Pit with the effective regulatory FEMA floodplain. ACE's
evaluation will include recommendations for:
(a) mitigating any existing adverse impacts to the fkxxiplain, and
(b) appending a portion of the reclamation plan to insure long term stability of the river system and flooding.
A summary of ACE's findings wiA be provided to the Division no later than 5:00 PM Friday 1 October 2004 for inclusion
into the pending Amendment application, scheduled for Public Hearing at the Odnber 2004 Board Meeting.
Subsequent to the October Board meeting, it is our understanding that the Division will withdraw the NOV/Reason to
Believe, and VCI will wmmence activities to mitigate existing impacts to the floodplain in confomlance with the ACE
evaluation. Cor>arrerrtiy, ACE will finalize anti submit the long-term flood control/reclamation plan for review by Weld
County and FEMA utilizing the Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) process.
It will take ACE approximately 2 months to finalize the drawings for the flood control/reclamation plan and it is anticipated
that the Weld/FEMA review process may take approximately 6 months. Upon aooeptance of the CLOMR try Weld County
and FEMA, VCI will submit the approved flood control/reclamation plan to the Division as a revision to the permit.
We trust these commitments mnform with the Division's perspective readied on 14 July, inst Respective of this
understanding, please continue the scheduled Board consideration of the NOV/Reason to Believe from the July 2004
Board Meeting to the November 2004 Board Meeting. Thank-you for your understanding and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Varna Companies, Inc,
~~'
Cara Janes
Pro 'oval Forester
cc. Christopher L Varra, President -Varna Companies, Inc.
Chris Pauley, Gvil Engineer -Anderson Consulting Engineers
Carl Mount and Thomas Schreiner -Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation