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STATE OF COLORADO Bill Owens, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE ~/ AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Bruce McCloskey, Director 6060 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80216 Telephone: (303)297-1192 January 07, 2005 Ms. Erica S. Crosby Environmental Protection Specialist Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 Re: King Mountain Gravel, LLC, Hewes Pit, Permit No. M-1978-314,12evision No. CN-1 '!)oln~ Cammenf~ Dear Ms. Crosby: For 1Pllddife- l+'or Poop/e The following corrt[nents are based on Colorado Division of Wildlife {CDOW) field staff review of the proposed project that included document review and a site visit. In addition, data tram the Following matenais was used to provide background and reference infotmatioa for our comments on the proposed King Mountain Sand & Grave] Mine. Copies of these materials mzy be obtained upon request. • CROW Wildlife Resource Information System (WRIS) • Northern Eagle/Southern Routt Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan • CDO WRadio-Collared Greater Sage-Grouse Study: 2003 -Present We would like to note that the Regular (112) Operation Reclamation Permit Application Form on the CD you provided for our review appeared to be missing a portion of the application for King Mountain Sand and Gravel Mine prepared by Banks and Gesso. Subsequently, we were only able to review the Introduction and Exhibit A. Exhibit B through Exhibit S were not included on the copy of the CD we received, nor were Attachment. A-C. If you would like the CDO`,N [o provide you with additional comments regarding those documents, please forward them at yow~ earnest convenience for our review. CDOW S[;.~?N1ARY OF YROPOSED PROJECT: The existing gravel pit previously operated by crank Hev es, now called King Mountain Sand cg Gravel D4ine is located in agricultural rangelaed aup:'oximately .i miles west of'1 ononas, CO. The property is located on the southwest portion of an area locally retcr,ed to as Five Pines Mesa. The current pit is permitted for 10 acres, and has been part of an active mining operation. The petitioner is requesting that the permit acreage be expanded from this initial 10 acres to 341 acres. It is oar understanding that the petitioner only intends to mine 184 of the 341 aores with no more than 67 acres being disturbed at any given time. 'I7re proposed mining operation will be to mine constnle?ion aggregates, and the oetitioner is proposing [o complete mining in four separate phases over a 20-year period. It is also our understanding that a'.l proposed mining will be dry mining that will occur above the water ;able, dewatenng will not lie necessary, and the operation will include a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Russell George, Executive Director WILDLIFE COMMfSSfON, Philip James, Chair • Jeffrey Crawford, Vice-Chair • Brad Phelps, Secretary Members, Bernard Black • Tom Burke • Rick Enstrom • Claire O'Neal • Robert Shoemaker • Ken Torres Ex Officio Member, Russell George and Don Ament