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the site, specifically the pits and the rock channel between Pits #3 and #4. Remaining work includes revegetation and weed-control efforts throughout the site. Your letter references a permit for the extraction of sand and gravel and questions why trucks are hauling material to the site, why there is a cement manufacturing plant and why there is a retail landscaping business on site. Please note that the Division issues a Mining and Reclamation Permit, which allows for the extraction and reclamation of the affected lands. The Division does not regulate truck traffic to and from the site. Typically, the local county authority governs truck traffic. Regarding the landscaping business, the Construction Material Rules and Regulations do not regulate such activity, only how the stockpiled material pertains to the reclamation bond. At a minimum, the operator will only need to address that this activity is: taking place in the yard area in the approved mining and reclamation permit. Tltis is to ensure that the area used for stockpiling is properly reclaimed and this cost is included in the reclamation cost estimate. The sits: facilities noted in your letter, specifically permitting the cement plant, was approved by the Division April 26, 1994 (in Technical Revision 002). As noted above, the operator will not be required to reclaim the facility area until 5 years after mining and reclamation is completed. At that time, the operator will need to address reclamation of the facility or change the reclamation plan to industrial use in order to remove it from the mining and reclamation plan. I hope that the Division has addre:;sed your additional concerns noted in your April 17, 2000 letter. [f you have any questions, please do not hesittne to call. Sin rely, ~. , rica Crosby ~~~~ Environmental Protection Specialist cc: Jeff Gregg; Hall Irwin Construction Co. Dana Moore; Tuttle Applegate