2004-11-10_REVISION - M1978056

• Permit No: M1978056
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/10/2004
• Doc Name: Amendment Approval
• From: DMG
• To: Varra Companies Inc
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OE MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman tit., Room 215 C O L O RAD O
Denver, Colorado 80203 0 1 v 1 5 1 o N o r
Phone: [phone] MINERAL S

FAX: [phone] G E O L O G Y
REC LA MATION•MINING
EAFETY•SCIEN CE
November 10, 2004
Bilf Owens
Governor
Chnstophel L. Varna Russell George
Varna Companies, II1C. Executive Director
S 120 Gage St. Ronald w. Cottony
Frederic CO 80516 Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Durham Sand & Gravel Pit, Amendment Approval, Permit No. M-1978-056, Revision No. AM-1
Deaz Mr. Varna:
On October 27, 2004 the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Board conditionally approved the Amendment application
submitted to the Division on November 13, 2003, addressing the following:
This amendment application updates the mining and reclamation plan, and brings the site into compliance with
current Rules and Regulations for the Extraction of Construction Materials.
The terms of the Amendment No. 1 approved by the Division are hereby incorporated into Permit No. M-1978-056. The
conditions of the Division approval are noted below. Please note that all other provisions of Permit No. M-1978-056
remain in full force and effect.
Stipulation No. Description
(1) The operator will cease any further addition of fill material within the designated floodway of the Cache La
Poudre River, unless authorized by the designated local, state, and federal flood control authorities, i.e. Weld
County, Colorado Water Conservation Board, and FEMA. The addition of fill material includes the addition of
any earth materials that result in an increase in the height, width, or length of the existing flood control bean.
(2) Any future modifications to the present configuration of the existing flood control berm must be consistent with
the laws or regulations of the designated local, state, and federal flood control authorities, i.e., Weld County,
Colorado Water Conservation Boazd, and FEMA.
(3) Designs and plans for future modifications to the present configuration of the existing flood control berm must
be prepared and signed by a registered professional engineer with experience in floodway and floodplain
hydraulics.
(4) The operator will submit as-built designs signed by a registered professional engineer with experience in
floodway and floodplain hydraulics within 30 days of completion of any modifications to the present
configuration of the existing flood control berm.
The Division has calculated a total reclamation cost of $300,000 for the Durham Pit based on information provided in the
amendment application. There is no additional fmancial warranty required as a result of this conditional amendment
approval as Varna Companies, inc. has akeady posted an acceptable financial warranty in the amount of $300,000 with
the Division. Under the terms of the amendment application, the operator (Varna Companies inc.) will be submitting an
application for a technical revision in 2005 to address reclamation of the existing flood control berm. The reclamation
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