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~~ Varra Companies, Inc. <br />Office of Special Projects <br />1431 East 16`" Street Greeley. Colorado 80631 Telephone (970) 353-8310 Fax (9701353-4047 <br />Monday 3 December 2001 <br />Certified Mail -Return Receipt Requested <br />#7000 0520 0018 1314 7853 <br />Hany H. Posey <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: M74-052 <br />Varra Coal Ash Project <br />Extraction of Pilot Project Study Area <br />Weld County Colorado - <br />CGRS No. 1-135-2755 <br />Dear Harry: <br />The following reiterates the release request as requested by your office as <br />previously submitted by C.G.R.S. As previously stated, this request summarizes <br />your telephone conversation of October 29, 2001, with~Joby Adams (C.G.R.S.), <br />regarding permit requirements for the Varra Coal Ash Project. <br />- There is a Memorandum__ of Understanding (MOU) between Division of Minerals <br />and Geology (DMG) and Colorado Department of Public Health and <br />Environment (CDPH&E) which address the issues of imported waste (inert) at <br />mine sites, including fly ash. However, it is your understanding that DMG does <br />not recognize the MOU for a variety of reasons, including the state's current <br />ability to bond various projects. <br />- Varra Companies wishes to extract the pilot project study area from its DMG <br />permit area in order to satisfy requirements of the Use by Special Review <br />permit. <br />- The extracted area will consist of the area occupied by the coal ash trench and <br />monitoring well network. This area is estimated to cover approximately 1.43 <br />acres. The attached figure depicts the study area. Only the Pilot Project study <br />area will be extracted. <br />- As requested in your subsequent correspondence of 14 November 2001, a 50 <br />foot buffer from each feature will circumscribe the extraction areas from the <br />surrounding DMG permitted lands. The circumscribed locations will be <br />identified in the field with a metal pipe or other durable marker. <br />- The removal of the study area from the DMG permit will not require public <br />comment. <br />1, <br />M <br />r~ <br />