2006-01-25_REVISION - M1999025 (2)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY (~~ Department of Natural Resources 7 37 3 Sherman St., Room 27 5 C O L D RA D ~ Denver, Colorado 80203 D t v t 5 l o N o e - Phone: (303) 866-3567 C MIN &RA L S R~~~~~ Gl.~ G FAX: (303) 832-8106 G 1: C) L C+ G 1' 0.EOLAMATION•MINING SAFETY•SCIENCE JRN ~O ~ 25 2006 Janua ~iJ e0d GBDIOy~. Bill Owens , ry Governor / Russell George Mr. Edward Settle / Executive Director Grand Junction Pipe and Supply Company Ronald W. Canany P. O. Box 1849 Division DlretYOr Natural Resource Trustee Grand Junction, Colorado 81502 / / RE: Soaring Eagle Gravel Pit, Permit No. M-1999-025, Technical Revision No. 3 Adequacy Review Dear Mr. Settle: DMG completed review of your response to the preliminary adequacy review of your application for Technical Revision No. 3 (TR-02) to Permit No. M-1999-025 for the Soaring Eagle Gravel Pit. The application cannot be approved until the following remaining issues are adequately addressed. Please submit a response to the following issues as soon as possible, but no later than February 3, 2006 so the decision due date set for February 3, 2006 can be met. If your response or a written extension request are not received by February 10, 2006 this application may be denied. ADEQUACYISSUES 1. Response acceptable. 2. Response acceptable. 3. If the April 1, 2006 due date for submittal of engineered designs and financial warranty for the inlet structure cannot be met, a report of progress made and an anticipated submittal date will need to be submitted by that date. Failure to submit the designs by April 14, 2006 may leave DMG no choice but to schedule a hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board for failure to maintain compliance with conditions of permit M-1999-025. 4. Reclamation map contours indicate the 0.2 acre wetland mitigation bench proposed on the north island is located at an elevation 9 to 11 feet above the specified water level of the post mining lake. Please revise this map to show the wetland bench constructed at an elevation conducive to establishment and long term productivity of a wetland. 5. The proposed reduction in acreage of current Phase VI (proposed to be Phase V) from 8.73 acres to7.2 acres creates a discrepancy in permitted acreage and that shown on the revised map. To correct this, please include the original boundary on the maps, labeled as the current "permit boundary". Also keep the revised boundary labeled as the "affected area" boundary. 6. The recently recalculated reclamation cost estimate appears to remain accurate for reclamation of the site. If Grand Junction Pipe does not agree with this estimate, please indicate what tasks are in error and provide detailed information to correct errors. Office of Office of Colorado An ~nwl I and Rxlamannn Anh.n end u.~~n.,o AAin... r:a..lno„-mil cn..,o.,