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h KUM hHX NU. ylb4b411tt1 Jun. 14 ~bb4 L1ki:~lHM h"1 <br />L.F. Brown & <br />.,,~,~_ _ ~~~ Associates Inc. <br />J !" + 3x73 D 9d Road <br />Pd'aaJe, CA 81526 <br />~iECEIVED / <br />dUN 14 2004 / cA'"'`"`'"" <br />t>ivi9on of Minerals 8 Ge0109y <br />June 14, 2004 <br />Mr. Allcn C, Sorcnoon ~ via both fax (~ 303-832-8106) and mail <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St, Rm. 21s <br />Denver, CO 80203 / <br />Re: ua Re once, Ev ri Materia Mascot Placer. Conversion <br />Rev1 on -0Oj, ermit# -1998-05~ <br />Dear Mr. Soren//son_ <br />The foNowing are our responses to the items listed in your Adequacy <br />of Application Letter of May 26, 2004: <br />1. Sofl And Planting <br />You agree that the law and the regulations both require that affected <br />land be revegetated to a vegetative cover equal to or greater Then the <br />exLating vegetative cover at the site. Since a exictirir~ ve0etatwe cover at <br />the site Is esserthalty zero, Everist Materials is not regwred to revegeta~ the <br />site. <br />However, we do a9rea that some vegetation on the site would help <br />to reclaim many environmental and aesthetic aspects of the site, indud'mg <br />some of the v(sual, wildlife, air, and water quality concerns related to <br />harvesting this material. <br />You nays suggr>StP.d tt-at wp cnmmit tp irnrestigate and repot fa <br />DMG on the potential to incorporate cost effective soil amendments udo Uie <br />reclamation of the affected land -namely saving the screen and gusher fines <br />and amending same wdtt horse manure and hay or slaw to build a soil ko aid <br />revegetation o1 the site. <br />We do wish to revegetate the site, but we do not wish to do rese.~roh <br />on revegetadng amended fines and do not wish to report to you about the <br />progress of the research. Therefore, as discussed, we will srgnficanily <br />improve upon your suggestion and commft to placing an average of 1-cttx~t of <br />soil to the site to akf the revrsgetation rsffnrt. That amount of soil will provide <br />far better vegetation than fines arr~nded with horse n-erwre and straw or hay. <br />Also as discussed with you, we do not expect to beheld to any <br />rev~etation standards at this site (because Ihhe law requires no revegetation <br />of this site), <br />