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,t <br />LOYAL E. LEAVENWORTH <br />SANDER N. KARP <br />DAVID C. HALLFORD <br />DAVID H. McCONAUGHY <br />SUSAN W.LAATSCH <br />JAMES S. NEU <br />JULIE C. BERQUIST <br />NICOLE D. GARRIMONE <br />ANNA S. ITENBERG <br />JOSLYN V. WOOD* <br />*Of Counsel <br />1011 GRAND AVENUE <br />P. O. DRAWER 2030 <br />GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602 <br />Telephone: (970) 945-2261 <br />Facsimile: (970) 945-7336 <br />lel(o]Iklawfirtn.com <br />Jsteve S. Shuey <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />April 5, 2002 <br />RECEIVED <br />rt-~4~9-ao <br />(.¢nr~ed C~mnpznies <br />mmrn/Cl~irnl~rs ~tf <br />/~ev~~on Sk ,/ <br />- ~,,, Lar~yo~ ~T,{'~e <br />DENVER OFFICE:* <br />WAZEE EXCHANGE BUll,DING <br />1900 WAZEE STREET, STE. 203 <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80202 <br />Telephone: (303) 825-3995 <br />Facsimile: (303) 525-3997 <br />*(Please direct all correspondence <br />to our Glenwood Springs Offce) <br />APR 0 8 20'0?. IA FACSIMILE - 303-832-8106 <br />Division of Minerals anA tisaiog~ <br />Re: United Companies of Mesa County. Inc.. MMM/Chambers Pit. <br />Permit No. M-1979-205 <br />Reclamation Permit Partial Release Request Consideration <br />Dear Mr. Shuey: <br />I represent and am writing on behalf of the City of Rifle. The City Manager, City Engineer, <br />Public Works Director, Director of Planning and I met on April 4th to review and discuss the notice <br />of the partial release request that you transmitted to the City Manager on March 2151. We noted that <br />comments or objections should be made within 15 days or by today, April 5`". Our consulting <br />engineer, Jeff Simonson, spoke with Russ Means of your office and we have received a copy of his <br />letter to United Companies dated March 28, 2002. We understand that a Technical Revision of the <br />Reclamation Plan will be required. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether the comment period is <br />expiring today. Therefore, we are writing to ask for an extension of that comment period until we <br />have received a copy of the Technical Revision to be filed by the Applicant. <br />Although the City is not yet under contract, the City is contemplating purchasing a portion <br />of what I believe is Phase I which includes what we call the Bailey Pond, the most westerly pond <br />located on the property. The City is contemplating acquiring the property in conjunction with the <br />acquisition by another party from the current owner of the balance of the Phase I property to the <br />east of the pond, and then developing the pond as the City's water supply intake. However, as <br />noted, the City is not yet under contract for this purpose although it is in the process of preparing <br />such a contract. <br />In the Reclamation Report dated March, 2002 that was transmitted to us with your cover <br />letter, there are several statements with which the City is unaware of the source. Specifically, none <br />of the people who participated in our meeting "requested that the shore of the westernmost lake at <br />the site be kept free of vegetation." Moreover, we are unaware of the source of the statement <br />"according to the City officials, grounds maintenance becomes a simpler task if vegetation is kept <br />LEAVENWORTH & KARP, P.C. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />1: @0 W \Clients\RIFLE\R-2\Letters\Slmey-1. wpG <br />