GENERAL30630

• Permit No: M1984001
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/11/2000
• Doc Name: RESPONSE TO CORRESPONDENCE DATED 10/6/00 SURFACE ROCK PIT PN M-1984-001
• From: DMG
• To: MESA CNTY ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF
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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado ft0203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
October 11, 2000
Mike Meininger
Mesa County Engineering Director
P.O. BOX 20,000
Grand Junction, CO 81502-5013
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RE: Response to Correspondence Dated 10/6/00,
Surtace Rock Pit, DMG Permit No. M-1984-001.
Dear Mr. Meininger:
Thank you for the comments provided in Mesa County's correspondence
6, 2000, regarding the Surface Rock Pit, permitted to J & M Schmahl, lot
Unaweep Canyon. The following response is numbered to correspond to
items of Mesa County's October 6, 2000 letter.
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DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bil I Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
E~ecwive Di rector
Michael B. Lone
Drvuinn Direc loi
Id October
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numbered
1. The Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construe ion Materials,
34-32.5-101 et sec ., C.R.S. (the Act), and the Construction Mater al Rules and
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Ithe R les), require that
an operator conduct grading and drainage control necessary to con rot erosion and
siltation of the affected lands, to protect areas outside the affecte land from slides
and other damage, to minimize disturbances to the prevailing hydr logic balance of
the affected land and of the surrounding area, and generally to enh nee the
stability of reclaimed areas. DMG will require that the revised reel mation plan
demonstrate compliance with the performance requirements of the Act and Rules.
Please find enclosed, copy of DMG's memo from staff member All n Sorenson to
Wallace Erickson, dated October 6, 2000, addressing the stability emonstration
required for the Surface Rock Pit operation.
2. DMG's authority is limited to enforcement of the Act and Rules. H wever, as
noted under item 1 above, the Act and Rules require that operation be conducted
in a manner which protect areas outside the affected land from slid sand other
damage. Pursuant to the Act and Rules, DMG can require that gra ing and
drainage control for affected lands not adversely impact the stabili of the adjacent
Hwy 141.
3. The final configuration of the highwall and final grade of the affect d lands
between the highwall and the southern perimeter of Area "A" will a addressed in
the proposed revision to the reclamation plan. Please find enclose ,copy of