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• III IIIIIIIIIIIII 111 • <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />BUREAU Or LAND MANAGEMENT <br />SAN JUAN FIELD OFFICE <br />701 Camino del Rio <br />EIVVER OFFIC~rango, CO 81301 <br />t'UBLIC FfLE COPY <br />LL 1. gIYIMPII P 11E MWL~ <br />..~, s ~ ,,.,,~.~ <br />In Reply Refer to: <br />FILE: cc JJ -97-o~y CO-038 <br />SITE. ~Tpyt~ ~Y/~aE[. ; f (~~(y~ Stone Gravel Pit <br />CvrresPa ryce o e+~ <br />The Fri en South Montezuma Valley ~y~ N0~ 3 ~ <br />c/o Su Campbell Bell NOV d 4 (map <br />P.O. ox 312 <br />C ez, CO 81321 <br />Durango Flea Onlce <br />Dear Ms . Bell : Divlakn 0} Minenale ~ Ge0lopy <br />The following is in answer to your letter of September 25, 1998. In answer to <br />your first statement I hope you are now clear on the issue of BLM road access. <br />The BLM public access road has been recognized by BLM for more than 15 years. <br />The right-of-way road, in the process of being assigned to the Ute Mountain <br />Ute Tribe, is not an exclusive right-of-way. It is a right to use. I will <br />attempt to answer your questions as you numbered them. <br />1. The topsoil from Montezuma County (taken from near the M & M Truck Stop) <br />was placed on the "county" working area of the Stone Gravel Pit. <br />2. No BLM representative was on site when the material was removed. <br />3. No test was conducted by BLM for any hazardous materials. We have no <br />knowledge of any tests the county might have conducted. <br />4. It is not nornal procedure on public land for truck drivers to decide <br />where a load will be dumped. No-one from BLM gave them the permission <br />to place the stockpiled topsoil on public land. <br />5. Removing the material from the public land abated the situation. Had <br />Mr. Stone presented the need to DA1G for more topsoil,or the need for <br />fill for reclamation, they could have contacted BLM, and this material <br />could possibly have been used for those purposes. <br />In order to effeciently use our available human and monetary resources '.ve may <br />exercise discretion on responding to issues you raise. If you feel <br />sig~ifica^.c new issues arise, please do noc hesitate to bring teem to ou: <br />attention. <br />RF_CEIVED s~erel/~' /' <br />NOV ~ 6 1998 <br />Kent Hoffman <br />;, .,, ,o~»i„)inera(sBGeoW9Y Associate Area Manager <br />cc: /y Erickson, Dh1G <br />Jim Berkley, EPA <br />Gene Story, Montezuma County Commissioner <br />