2005-12-21_REVISION - M1978327 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M1978327
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/21/2005
• Doc Name: Submittal
• From: Applegate Group Inc
• To: DMG
• Type & Sequence: SR1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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December 20, 2005
Ms. Erica Crosby
Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver; Colorado 80203
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RECEIVED
DEC 1 1 1005 ~
OiYision ~f Minerals and Geology
RE: Partial Acreage Reduction and Warranty Release Request;
Jake Kauffman & Son; Inc.; Kauffman Pit; M-78-327/
Dear Ms. Crosby:
The following information is being submitted on behalf of our client, Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc.
The Kauffman Pit mining operation (M-78-327) is located mainly in the South''/z of Section 20,
Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6`t' P.M. The site is Located in Larimer County
approximately 1.5 miles east of Loveland, Colorado.
The active mining operation is currently located in the east half of the permit azea. The eastern
83 acres of the permitted mine azea were added to the original Kauffman Pit permit by
Amendment AM-Ol in 1989, with a groundwater lake included in the fmal land use for the
amended area. In 1999, Technical Revision TR-03 changed the fmal land use of the amended
83 acres to include backfilling of the entire mine pit. Copies of some of the Technical Revision
documents are included for reference.
Jake Kauffinan & Son, Inc. is requesting release of 56.8 acres of the permit azea for its inclusion
in the adjacent Wagner/Kauffman Pit #3 permit, M-1999-069 (see attached Partial Release
Request Plan Map). An amendment to the Wagner/Kauffinan Pit #3 pernut is currently under
review and the amendment proposes including the 56.8 acres within the Wagner/Kauffinan Pit #3
reclamation plan and fmancial warranty. For this reason, we waive the tnneframes associated
with this release request so that they may occur concurrently with the amendment approval.
During approval of Technical Revision TR-03, additional financial warranty was posted for the
mining and reclamation of the eastern 83 acres of the Kauffinan Pit permit. It is our
understanding that, with the addition of TR-03, a financial warranty of $292,100.00 was added to
the Kauffman Pit permit. The added financial warranty covered backfilling and revegetation of
the entire mined azea. Since mining and reclamation in a majority of the azea (56.8 acres) will be
bonded under the proposed Wagner/Kauffinan Pit #3 permit amendment, a bond reduction for
the Kauffinan Pit is also requested: The table below summarizes the mining disturbance and
proposed bond for the 26.2 acres not included in the Wagner/Kauffinan Pit #3 amendment. Of
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