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fi~OLOfi[C~I. S~YIC£S - ?PfIOTOik1~ "~p.IpO) 565- 8394 Dbusi.,ts4 Co~vsF.rr, 6eo~osisr o. /(~ r/,(ice ~ 711 HARTMAN ROAD, CORTEZ, COLORADO $iS ~ fa~ic °%. 3~~~essag®~ July 12, 2002 ~N~/~~_. °°~~ ONCE Received Division of Minerals & Geology `~ 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 ~u L Z 4 Denver, CO 80203 / ?~OZ ~ Q~j' / Grand Junction Field Office Subject: Shawano Grave~,Permit File M 1983-208 division of Minerals & Geology Amendment 1 Application Comments/Extension Dear Mr. Shuey: After cazeftti deliberation Montrose County Engineer Department has decided to change the reclamation goal for this permitted site in this amendment application. Considerations of the immediate and long-term use of the County-owned Shawano Mesa property dictate that, following the gravel mining use of this property, the premises are to be used as an industrial yazdsite for ongoing County maintenance, storage and other yard site uses. To that end, reclamation at the site shall be the leveling, grading and compacting of the surface. Much of the surface will consist of flat-graded residual products or placed gravel and pit run gravelly material. Other portions may be just the compacted soils or consolidated rock from beneath the extracted gravelly resource material. Shaped slopebanks and the bermed/daylighted crests, where they occur, shall be topsoiled and revegetated. To accommodate these changes in the current application, County of Montrose is requesting the re-star[ of the consideration time for this application so that the advertising, county boazd & SCD notices, mailed notices, and application revisions may be accomplished, as required. Below aze our comments on the adequacy issues from your correspondence of 5 Apri12002. 1) Owners of structures within 200 feet of the southwest alternate access azea have been identified, both on the revised application "Exhibit C" `Mining Plan Map' and within the revised description of structures of "Exhibit S". Copies of applicable damage reimbursement agreements aze included. 2) The entire mining area has been labeled on the "Exhibit C" `Mining Plan Map'. 3) The apparent discrepancy in mining boundary contours in the southeast extraction area have been modified on the "Exhibit C" `Mining Plan Map'. 4) Structures and their owners within 200 feet of the southwest alternate access area have been identified, both on the revised application "Exhibit C Mining Plan Map", and within the revised application "Exhibit S" description of structures. Copies of applicable damage reimbursement agreements are included. 5) According to the information we have been able to wnfum with Colorado Department of Public Health and Enironment, the third paragraph of the "Exhibit D" `Mining Plan' is accurate in asserting that "...No acid, toxic, nor hazardous waste products shall be involved in the proposed action." Production and storage of asphaltic concrete "mix" is not considered by the Air Pollution Control Division nor Hazardous Waste Division to be