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_ STATE OF CO_LORA_ DO MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION cv- RoyDepartment of Natural Resources1313 Sherman St..Room 215Denver.CO 80203303 866-3567FAX: 303 832-8106 Romer Gmemo, Fred R Banta February 28, 1990 Drvrs.on 1)ne,to, Mr. Frank M• Graham, Jr. Western Mobile Inc. 1400 W 64th Ave. P.U. Box 21588 Denver, Colorado 80221 RE: Deepe Pit Amendment Conditions Permit No. M-81-032, Revision No. AM-01 Dear Mr. Graham: On November 15, 1989, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board conditionally approved the amendment application to add 26.2 acres to the Deepe Pit permit area. The conditions of the Board approval were: 1 . The operator will not commence mining operations in the new amendment area until it submits to the Division for approval a hydrologic survey demonstrating that pit dewatering will not adversely affect the quality or quantity of water in adjacent water resources or wells. 2. The operator will not commence mining operations in the new amendment area until it submits, has approved, and implements a groundwater monitoring program designed to detect adverse disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land and of the surrounding area and to the quality and quantity of water in surface water and ground water systems both during and after the mining operation and during reclamation. 3. The operator will not commence mining operations in the new amendment area until it submits to the Division copies of all agreements between the operator and the owners of all relocated irrigation ditches. Conditions one and two have been satisfied with your responses dated December 5, 1989 and January 25, 1990. Condition three, however, has not as yet been fully satisfied. As I stated in my letter of December 28, 1989, the February 4 , 1985 "Agreement Regarding Sand and Gravel Mining and Augmentation Plan Pertaining Thereto" drafted between Flatiron Sand and Gravel , the Water Users Association of District No. 6, Quin M Investments, Ltd. , and Flatiron Companies does not address relocation of the Bear Creek Ditch as proposed in the April 27 , 1989 Reclamation Plan map.