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JUL-26-04 01:26 PM VRRRA COMPANIES 9T0 353 4047 P. 02 <br />Varna Companies, Inc. <br />8120 Gage Street Frederick CO 0516 Telephme (303) 666.6657 Fax (303) 666.6743 <br />Thursday 15 May 2003 <br />~ .:-: <br />RECEII/Et~ <br />Bruce Humphries, Supervisor ~~ f7~ , <br />Office of Mined Land RedamaUon .,o ~'> ~,~;:•' s~1~.,A,a JUL ' 6 2~ <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology '~ ~~,~ '~y <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 214 .r~'~ <br />Oerner, Colorado 80534 ~ aivfslon H Minerds nett AfN!b~~ <br />Subject: Amrndmait to M7R-056: Vurra Comp:viies, inc, - llurham Sand Fs2 Gravel Fit. <br />CONTINUE CONtiII)I iRA'I'fC)N FOR REASON l'O ltEUl:VE (NOV) OF 27 MAY 2004. <br />Dear Bruce: <br />A, detcnnincd during our ronfereno? of Thursday 14 July 2004, Anderson Consulting Engineers (ACF) will perform a <br />hydraulic evaluation comparing e:dsUng mndltloris at the Durham Pit with the effeRlve regulatory FEMA floodplain. ACF's <br />evaluation will include rewmmendatiorla for: <br />(a) mitigating any c~dsUng adverse impacts to the flaodplain, and <br />(b) appending a portion of the reclamation plan to insure long tens stability of the river system and flooding. <br />A summary of ACE's findings will be provided to the Division no later than 5:00 PM frlday 1 October 2004 for inclusion <br />into tfie pending Amendment application, scfieduled Pon Public Hearing at the October 2004 Board Meeting. <br />Suluequent to the October Board mcoGng, It fs our understanding that the Division will withdraw the NOV/Reason to <br />Believe, and VCI wilt commence actlvlties to mitigate existing impacts m the ftoodplatn in mnfvm>arxx with the ACE <br />evaluation. Concurrently, ACE will finalize and submit the long-tens flood control/reclamation plan for review try Weld <br />County and FEMA utilizing the Conditlonal litter of Map Revision (CLANK) process. <br />It will take ACS approximately Z months fb finalize the drawings for the flood control/recamation plan and it is anddpat2d <br />that the Weld/FEt~nA review process may take approximately 6 months. Upon aoreptance of the 0.0MR try Weld County <br />and FEMA, VCI will submit the approved flood control/reclamation plan to the DiNslon as a revision to the pertnlC <br />We !rust ttx~se commitments conform wltlt the Divlsien's perspective readied on 14 ]lily, inst Resped9ve of this <br />understanding, ploase continue the sdreduled Board consideration of the NOV/Reason to Believe from the ]lily 2004 <br />Board Meetng to Ute November 2004 Board Meeting. Thank-you for your understanding and cooperation. <br />Srnoerely, <br />Varna Companies, rocs <br />C~~ <br />,.. <br />Bra o Jana <br />Pro 'coal Forester <br />a. Christopher L Varna, President -Varna Companies, Inc. <br />Chris Pauley, Civil Engineer -Anderson Consulting Engineers <br />Carl Mount and Thomas Sdtreiner -Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />