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<br />March 29, 2004 <br />Steve Brown <br />Colorado Attorney General's Office <br />Division of Minerals and Geology Consul <br />Re: Haldorson Sand and Gravel Mine, Permit No. <br />WestWater Associates Response, Feb. 11, 2004, <br />Stipulation No.2 of Board Order Approving Permit. <br /> <br />M-2003-037, Response of DMG Staff to <br />Concerning Petition for Reconsideration of <br />(Revised) <br />Dear Mr. Brown: <br />Please find below the response of DMG staff to the above referenced WestWater Response. <br />The response, which basically is a rebuttal to the Lewicki Report, submitted to the Board as part <br />of the Reconsideration Petition has been submitted by the original objectors to the permit. The <br />location of the noted issue by WestWater is in bold, WestWater comments are underlined and in <br />italics, and staffs response is in normal text. <br />Page 1, Line 5. <br />WVhich is the proposed death of excavation 10 feet or 13 feet?" <br />The Petition clearly asks for reconsideration to excavate 3 feet of topsoil and 10 feet of gravel <br />and is referenced as well else where within the petition. <br />Page 1, Paragraph 2. <br />"What new information?" <br />The Petition presents the argument of new information and as such it is the Board that will <br />determine whether the Petition meets the threshold for consideration for new information. <br />Page 1, Paragraph 3 <br />The Lewicki Report actually tries to address the concerns of the opposition and the Board. As <br />clarification, staff would like to point out a few discrepancies. <br />1) The Corey Pit referenced is abutted along a 400-foot highwall to substantial irrigated <br />fields. Although isolated on 2 sides by draws it is of the same basic geology as the <br />surrounding area. <br />2) The Applehanz Base pit and the United Pit are both down gradient on the same mesa <br />and staff has observed irrigated fields if not adjacent to at least very near these sites. <br />3) WestWater response states that the Base Pit has drained the area of the United Pit after <br />years of mining. Staff has no record of any ground or surface water activities at the Base <br />