2007-08-29_REVISION - M1980047 (2)

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Colony Snas 0~~ Pro;or. Caorado A'LRe Perna bt~BC~OtT Rg~, Aug yq_ ; :'006 Ar'eC.ed Area Status Summary and R[~juesl for Reracrion r0 Arfeded Arxea6e The reclamation plan submitted w,th the original March 1980 permd application cleany contemplated teat this s,te might not be returned to agncuRural use Ip. E-501 but could instead remain m service as water resources facibty after closure of the shale o,l plant. Since the h,ghest value use of the sde wdh as nlgh capac,ry m,d-ever intake s as a water wdhdrawal and pumping plant, leis firing seeks to clarfy that the permanent posl•m,n,ng rand use !or this sde should be an rntluslnal use corresponding to the present sde confgurabon, and have n removed from Ine aHecled acreage imlentory and from the MLR9 perm.tSZd area. One touow•up action was reyuved by ine DRMS staff pursuant [o then June 5. 2007 Inspection poor to reloase. DRMS stall advised Co:ony that d would be necessary to remove the surge tank and pumping plant equipment m the noAnem corner of this site which is rid longer ~n use, and to permanently stabd¢e the approwmateiy 29 acres occup,ed by that egwpmont The equpment w•as removed. apre-emergent nerb:c,tle applied, and a a-,rich layec gravel was placed and leveled. W,th that clean-up work completed, the ontire 18 acres of attecrted acreage at the Intake Ste can be released from the mining permd affectetl area. 1.2 Parachute Term,nal Facilities (ISP Areas 2A 28 and 2D) The layout o! the site ~s dep;cted on Exh,brt F-1. It consorts of a 96 acre fenced area imrtted,ately north of the town of Parachute encompass,ng ISP areas 2A and 29. Further to the east s a 30 acre Disturbed Area 2D, referred to as 'dahattey Ranch Area 2C ,s a parking lot lust south of the 96 acre terminal site. which did not require perm~tt,ng as a mine dsturbance. and w,u not be lurlner dscussed. In accordance with the original March 1980 permq appHCabon, the 96 acre Term,nal Ste proper (Areas 2A and 29) was stepped of tapso,l ,n 1981. All drainage from the propemy was focused into a sediment pond on Rs south s,de. relying in part on a series of earthen 4erms around the perimeter The area was to be a construpion staging area during con5tn,c6on of the pro)ect. and the byproduct term,nai aroa during operation Several paved areas and warehouses were constructed. and the sae was used for construction materials staging u~ 1981 and '982. By 1982 all slte Gearing and grading had been Completed, and some areas were paved for construction support facd,ties Ciry water was run in to modular construction office bued,ngs. and several warehouses were constructeC The current wndd,on o' Ih~s area s presented in Figure 2 below and ,n Exh:bds F-8 and F-9 ~n Appendix A ?am:huta Terrcinai Faa,rt~ta. vowed ,rcrr CR 2.5 IJOA~rG NE. >_naavna t0yr.7L hr alarm aetana0n Dda,n severe, aaxa6e wareeousao aria panaral ~4n :y,nq :rspu~l ur Lno property