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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />D t v 15 t o N o f <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone; (303) 866-3567 IVt i. N E RA L $ <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> <br />~ RECLAMATION <br />MI NING•SAf ETY <br />March 18, 2003 ~~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />'~~ <br />~ <br />Mr. Jack L. Hawkins ?`~~~~ Governor <br />Westorn Slope Construction Company / ereg E. watcher <br />949 Meeker Street ~ Executive Director <br />Delta, Colorado 81416 Ronald w. cattany <br />Acing Division Director <br />/ ./ <br />RE: Benton Dawson Gravel, Permit No. M-1983-209, Technical Revision No. 1 Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Hawkins: <br />DMG has completed a preliminary adequacy review of your application for technical revision to the <br />Benton Dawson Gravel pit, Permit No. M-1983-209. The application addresses changes to the <br />reclamation plan requirements. The application cannot be approved until the following issues are <br />adequately addressed. Please submit a response to the following issues as soon as possible, but <br />no later than March 20, 2003 so DMG staff have adequate time to review the responses prior to <br />the decision due date set for March 26, 2003. If your respohse, or a written request for extension <br />of the decision due date, are not received by March 20, 2003 this application may be denied. <br />ADEQUACY ISSUES (numbered as in the technical revision re4uestl <br />1. Though water no longer flows through the Don Quixote ditch, irrigation of the site may still <br />be possible by using a water truck or other means to convey water to. the site. Irrigation is <br />hot required for the long term, just long enough to get the vegetation established. DMG <br />received a phone call from the property owner, indicating that water is'still available for the <br />site. Please contact the landowner to discuss details regarding irrigation options. If <br />irrigation for the site is no longer available, the reclamation seed mix should most likely be <br />revised to include dry land shrubs and grasses. <br />2. Though the approved post-mining land use does allow for agricultural use and/or building <br />sites, which would include corrals and farm equipment, the landowner has specified that the <br />location of the mine site would not be a location where he would want storage or corrals. <br />Again, please contact the landowner to discuss details regarding reclamation and post- <br />mining land use options. If the concrete pads or any other structures are to remain on site <br />as permanent features, DMG will require submittal of a written statemeht from the <br />landowner, signed and notarized, indicating each structure that is approved to remain as a <br />permanent feature. <br />3. It is unclear what this statement means. <br />4. Please be aware that this technical revision is not required to be notarized by you as the <br />operator. Please submit a reclamation map that indicates how the ,site will look after <br />reclamation, including all permanent features. Please show all areas to be revegetated, and <br />