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Page 12 <br /> will be provided for these species than has existed on the site for the last several decades <br /> (since mining began during the construction of the Boulder-Denver Turnpike; ply <br /> sometime during the 1950s). <br /> As part of the amendment process, the Division notified Mr. Chuck Gran Pre of the <br /> r Colorado Division of Wildlife(DOW) of the proposed amendment. The DOW has not <br /> Il (l contacted the Division with any concerns regarding these <br /> Q;, { kf,t4 17I_ S <br /> Comment: "...the City of Boulder is struck by the total disregard for previous reclamation <br /> commitments that the proposed amendment reflects. Substantially lower land grades, <br /> reduced surface water levels, and a demonstrated general lack of concern for impacts <br /> on neighboring land interests all suggest a change in the reclamation goals for the Deepe <br /> Farm Pit from one of wildlife protection and agriculture purposes to reclamation goals <br /> which are more suited to future land development purposes." <br /> "We only hope the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology(DMG) recognizes that <br /> the credibility of future commitments to mining reclamation standards, and the <br /> willingness of local governments to grant future mining permits, depends on the <br /> reliability of previous reclamation plans." <br /> Response: The City oulder pears to express a preferenc for the currently approved <br /> recl tion plan, whic includes 38.1 acres o water urface, as opposed to the <br /> posed reclamation pl which inclu s�.2 acres of wat r surface. The post_ <br /> land use under both the c and proposed reclamation laps is wildlife ha 'tat and <br /> general agn ulture. / 1 <br /> ru;srm �p.P/�na� <br /> he lower land grades and reduced water surface levels in the proposed reclamation <br /> plan would affect the operator's ability to achieve the specified post-mining land <br /> uses. A reduction in water surface acreage in the reclamation plan would tend to <br /> enhance general agriculture uses and would provide an increase in terrestrial wildlife <br /> habitat. There would be a- stme reduction in aquatic life and water fowl <br /> habitat. the-finding tharthe-revegetation-plan-proposed-in-the <br /> inadequate-to-meet the-post=mining land-uses selected-by erator. <br /> 6U�fL�Lt �EDrv,SIC4 {1OeS �07 (�ccir �711fl�11��Pch AL Fe,v AtNANfrb <br /> i Tur F/u0+- LR✓n l[Sr 5. <br /> e City of Boulder raises the issue that the proposed rec�amatron plan exhibits a t ( <br /> gener of concern for impacts on neighboring land interests. The creation of <br /> adverse off-sit acts through the implementation of a mining or reclamation plan is <br /> an area under the Divi ' 's jurisdiction, and the City of Boulder's specific concerns in <br /> this regard will be analyzed n this document. <br /> The City of Boulder expresses a concern t at t to proposed reclamation plan is more <br /> suited to future development of the site than is t urrent reclamation plan. By <br /> increasing the acreage of]and surface while reducing the acreage of water within <br />