REV103760

• Permit No: M1981179
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/15/1994
• Doc Name: ADEQUACY REVIEW MEKELBURG PIT FN M-81-179
• From: DMG
• To: YUMA CNTY ROAD DEPT
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Si., Room 215 ry

Denver, Colorado 80203 I
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Phone: [phone] II
FAX: [phone]
DEPARTMENT OI
NATURAL
September 15, 1994 RE$OIIRCE.`

Mr. Richard Brown Roy Romer
Governor
Yuma County Road Department Tames 5. Lochhead
1310 South Blake Executive Director
Wray, COlordd0 807J8 Michael B. Long
Divrsion Director
Re: Adequacy Review, Mekelburg Pit, File No. M-81-179,
Dear Mr. Brown:
Listed below are adequacy review comments on the above-captioned
permit application. The Division is required to make an approval
or denial decision no later than September 29, 1994, therefore,
your response to the following adequacy review concerns should be
submitted to the Division by September 26, 1994. If you feel more
time is needed to complete your reply, an extension to the decision
date can be granted by the Division. This will be done upon
receipt of a written waiver. of your right to a decision by
September 29, 1994 and request for additional time. This must be
received no later than September 28, 1994.
Attached are copies of letters from the State Historical Society,
the Army Corps of Engineers, the new Mineral Rules and Regulations
and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act.
1. The operator is referred to the first page of the application
on which the permitted acreage is listed as 160 acres. This
conflicts with the total acreage shown on the Exhibit C map of
113 acres. Please clear this discrepancy up.
If you intend to include a post mining land use other than
general agricultural, please describe.
State the expected thickness of the deposit to be mined and
the thickness of the overburden, if any. The existing permit
states that six inches of topsoil will be stripped and
salvaged for replacement during reclamation. Please confirm
if this is consistent with the area now being amended.
4. Specify the dimensions of any significant disturbances such as
pit excavations and stockpiles. Include the location(s) and
areal extent of topsoil and overburden stockpiles, the maximum
size of the pit anticipated at any one time, the area to be
stripped of topsoil, and an estimate of major, moderate and