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999 <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DIVISION of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> Department of Natural Resource; <br /> 1313 Sherman A., Room 215 <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 <br /> FhoneAX:( 13)8 281067 <br /> FAX:13031 832 8106 7"7 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF <br /> NATURAL <br /> DATE: June 5, 1997 RESOURCES <br /> Roy Romer <br /> TO: File No. M-81-302 cover"°, <br /> /1 / Eames S.ive Dir ead <br /> cio, <br /> FROM: Allen Sorenson /�L/�-J Executive Director <br /> Michael B.Long <br /> RE: Analysis of the Issues Raised by the City of Boulder DjWnDi,,,,, <br /> Correspondence Dated April 22, 1997, Western Mobileil <br /> Deepe Farm Pit, Permit No. M-81-302 <br /> In a letter dated 4/22/97, the City of Boulder objects to the <br /> changes in the Deepe Farm Pit reclamation plan proposed in the <br /> amendment application currently under review by the Division. The <br /> intent of this memorandum is to address the objections of the City <br /> of Boulder through technical and regulatory analysis. The City of <br /> Boulder states in the letter dated 4/22/97 that their objections <br /> "fall roughly into three categories : 1) The general pattern of <br /> digression away from the original intent of the reclamation plan <br /> for the Deepe Farm Pit mining site; 2) the impacts of the proposed <br /> reclamation amendment on City of Boulder Open Space properties; <br /> and, 3) the floodplain implications of the proposed amendment . " <br /> Each of these objections categories are analyzed separately below. <br /> ISSUE # 3 <br /> Digression from Original Reclamation Plan Intent <br /> Quotes pertinent to the City of Boulder' s concerns in this regard, <br /> from the letter dated 4/22/97 : <br /> . . . the City of Boulder is struck by the total disregard for <br /> previous reclamation commitments that the proposed amendment <br /> reflects. Substantially lower land grades, reduced surface <br /> water levels, and a demonstrated general lack of concern for <br /> impacts on neighboring land interests all suggest a change in <br /> the reclamation goals for the Deepe Farm Pit from one of <br /> wildlife protection and agriculture purposes to reclamation <br /> goals which are more suited to future land development <br /> purposes. <br /> We only hope the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> (DMG) recognizes that the credibility of future commitments to <br /> mining reclamation standards, and the willingness of local <br /> governments to grant future mining permits, depends on the <br /> reliability of previous reclamation plans . <br />