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<br />~. - <br /> <br />LL J <br />C ~ <br />4 LL <br />~ 15 June 1979 <br /> Project No. 0057-24-02-01 ~ Z <br />Z °~:; <br /> P <br />I <br />~ <br /> U <br />J <br />C <br />7 <br />. James L. Schmieding ~ ~ ~. <br />Z Reclamation Specialist <br />w Mined Land Reclamation `-' <br /> 723 Centennial Building o <br />U 1313 Sherman Street <br /> Denver, CO 80203, <br />Z m <br /> RE: Brownwood Pit File No. 79-59 <br /> <br />J Dear Jim: <br /> <br />~ The following information is being submitted in answer to your letter <br />cn of May 9, 1979 in order to make the application adequate for Mined <br />Z Land Reclamation Board consideration at the June 25, 26, 1979 meeting. <br /> 1. Mining Map <br />() a. The affected land was purchased from Eugene and Fern <br /> Brownwood subject to the easements of record. The <br /> attached easement description describes the agreement <br />~ <br /> with Platte River Power Authority concerning the power ' <br />c' ".~ <br /> line. The mining operation will not affect the power -~,,~V: <br /> ~~ " <br /> line and an attached signed letter documents this fact. ~~ <br /> b. The adjacent property owners are now shown on the mining <br /> map. <br />(j c. A copy of the Soil Conservation Service's Vegetation <br />Z report is attached. The report classifies the areas as <br /> irrigated crop, pasture, junk yard, overflow, and river- <br />'- wash which are shown on Exhibit C enclosed. <br />Z 2. Reclamation Plan <br />w a. A post mining use of pasture, ponds and landfill is <br />N planned. Removal areas 3 and 4 will be reclaimed as <br />~ ponds with the sideslopes graded and seeded as previously <br /> stated and shown on Exhibits C and F. Only Area 2 is <br />Q planned to lie used as a landfill area for the City of o <br />= Loveland and then only i~f approved by the Radiation and o W <br /> Waste Division of the Colorado Department of Health. ~ 's <br />J If approved for this use, the final reclamation of Area o ° <br /> 2 will be pasture after its use as a landfill has been o N <br /> completed. If not approved, Area 2 will be reclaimed p ~ rv <br />~ as a pond. Area 1 with the exception of the area designated z <br />~w~ <br /> <br />Z as a settling pond will be filled with overburden soils - 3 <br /> to an elevation which will be at a minimum of 6 to 12 0 ~ T <br />Q inches above the groundwater table. Area l will then be ` <br />( <br />7 reseeded and used as pasture. During the final reclama- LL <br />.. tion the settling pond area will be filled so that it o <br /> also will become pasture land. <br />2 ~ <br />z <br />0 <br />x' <br />r <br />