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r ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII AZURITE, INC. 1000 I CR 12 P.O. Box 338 CoTOPAxI, co e I z23 ~~('.FIVEj~: (7 19) 942-41 78 FAX: (719) 942-4178 OCT 06 1995 Division or minerals a (;eulogy OCTOBER 3, 1995 MR. LARRY OEH LER COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY 131 3 SHERMAN STREET RM 2 1 5 DENVER, CO 80203 RE: TEZAK STONE AND AGGREGATE SUPPLY CO., PERMIT M-8 I -080 AMENDMENT DEAR MR. OEHLER, PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR ANY CONFUSION I MIGHT OF CAUSED YOU IN REGARDS TO THE STATS OF THE TEZAK CONSTRUCTION/TEZAK STONE AND AGGREGATE PERMIT STATIS. WHEN I LAST TALKED WITH YOU IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, I CALLED TO CHECK ON THE STATIS OF REVIEW OF THE PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATON. AT THAT TIME, YOU TOLD ME THAT THE PERMIT AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL THE SUCCESSION OF OPERATOR PROCESS WAS COMPLETED. AT THAT TIME, I ASSUMED THAT ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON YOUR PART WOULD FOLLOW FROM MY TELEPHONE CALL TO YOU EARLIER IN THE SUMMER CONFIRMING THAT THE MINING OPERATION HAS EXPANDED OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES (I PERFORMED A PACE AND COMPASS SURVEY ON THE MINING PROPERTY AFTER YOU SENT ME THE ORIGINAL MINE PLAN MAP) BY THE 2.7 ACRES THAT WOULD INCLUDE DISTURBED GROUND USED FOR TRUCK TURNING ON THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE SCALES AND MOSTLY ON THE WEST END OF THE MINING AREA WHERE CRUSHER STOCKPILES AND ASPHALT MIXING EgUIPM ENT WAS POSITONED DURING THE 1 994 HIGHWAY REPAVING PROJECT. THERE IS APP. 2.5 ACRES OF GROUND ON THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS USED FOR STORAGE OF HIGHWAY GAURD RAIL POSTS AND RAILING UNTIL THEY WERE INSTALLED IN 1994 AND EQUIPMENT AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND EQUIPMENT PARKING DURING THE 1994 SEASON. THIS AREA HAS BEEN RECLAIMED VIA TOPSOIL IMPORTED FROM A NEARBY U$ 50 RIVER PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SEEDED AND MULCHED AS DESCRIBED IN THE PERMIT APPLICATON DOCUMENT. IN FACT, THE OPERATOR, MIKE TEZAK, HAS RECLAIMED AREAS BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE CURRENT MINING ZONE THAT INCLUDED OLD HIGHWAY DEPT. GRAVEL EXTRACTON AREAS AND STOCKPILE AREAS THAT PREDATE THE ORIGINAL 198 I PERMIT. I BELIEVE THAT A SITE VISIT WOULD CLARIFY YOUR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DISTURBED AREA OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL PERMIT BOUNDARIES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED SHOP BUILDING SITE WITH YOU. THE OPERATOR IS PLANNING ON BUILDING A SHOP FACILTY TO SERVICE HIS SMALL FLEET OF HIGHWAY CONSTR UCTON EOUIPM ENT, NOT RELATED TO THE MINING OPERATION. ALTiOUGH SOME LOADING AND RI P-RAP PRODUCTION IS PERFORMED BY THE OPERATORS HIGHWAY CONSTR UCTON EQUIPMENT, 9O% OF ALL MINING IS PERFORMED BY SUBCONTRACTOR DURING THE HIGHWAY PAVING PROJECT, EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. WHILE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE OPERATOR WAS NOT TO INCLUDE THE SHOP BUILDING SITE WITHIN THE AFFECTED LAND BOUNDARIES AND WHILE NEARBY, NOT PART OF THE MINING OPERATION, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE SHOP