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r' °cS7 C�C5 ccx u"' • Bcuzer. Calcraca 5C206 <br /> } <br /> ,, Lcard of County Cc�^ i issioners <br /> April 17 , 1997 <br /> Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br /> Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> 1313 Sherman St. , Room 215 <br /> Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> (By Fax (#832-8106) and Regular Mail) <br /> RE: Application to Amend Regular Reclamation Permit M-81-302 for <br /> Western Mobile, Boulder - Deepe Farm Pit -- Objection from <br /> Boulder Countv Board of County Commissioners (Amendment AM-002) <br /> i <br /> Dear Board Members : <br /> This letter responds to the "Notice of Filing Application" and <br /> request for comments for the Western Mobile Company's application for <br /> an Amendment to an existing Mined Land Reclamation Permit(#M-8 1-302) <br /> for the Deepe Farm Pit located in Boulder County. Per the <br /> requirements stated in the Notice, please consider this letter as the <br /> submittal of written comments in objection to the application which <br /> are necessary to preserve our right to a hearing before the Mined <br /> Land Reclamation Board. <br /> The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners and citizens of <br /> Boulder County have several serious concerns with the proposed <br /> amendment. In addition, we have reservations on how this amendment <br /> relates to the overall final reclamation, closure, and post-mining <br /> land uses of this site. <br /> With respect to the currently proposed Amendment, we are highly <br /> concerned that this change, which proposes a reduction of exposed <br /> water surface from 38 . 1 acres to 4 . 2 acres by eliminating previously <br /> proposed lakes, would be a major change from the originally promised <br /> reclamation plan. That plan was reviewed and approved by Boulder <br /> County as part of the 1981 Special Use Review #SU-31-10. During the <br /> Special Use Review process, the proposed reclamation plan (including <br /> three lakes with approximately 41. 5 acres of water surface) and how <br /> the plan related to the subsequent use of the site after mining, were <br /> a major issue. A reclamation plan combining lakes and land shaping <br /> whica would provide visually interesting and undulating topography, <br /> and which would be suitable for the expected post-mining use was a <br /> 1 = EXHIBIT <br /> 3 <br /> Jcrc_ •.a __- Rorc�o Y.Slewcrt ?au D. <br /> CJv^'+C'_rr'e.uG`9r Cc.nry Commsaoner .-o co'. .. <br />