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~~ • • iii iiiiiiiuiiu iii <br />999 <br />~, <br />FLATIRON <br />SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY <br />POST OFFICE BOX 229, BOULDER, COLORADO 80306 PHONE: (303) 444-2151 <br />December 13, 1979 _.. > c ~ <br />Mr. Dean Massey <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />1313 Sherman Street, #723 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Dean: <br />This letter is an effort to review the <br />mitigation of the effects of mining on sage <br />Bourg coal mine in Jackson County. <br />DEC 1 i 1979 <br />f(4fl`!~D Lr.i•~D RECLRA~ir;ii0y <br />Colo. Dept. of P!~?~~r~f f?~~cuccs <br />situation concerning <br />grouse at our proposed <br />In response to Clait Braun's August 14, 1979 memo to Peter <br />Barrows, Flatiron incorporated the following suggestions in its <br />permit application: <br />1. Haul road speed maximum 30 mph; <br />2. no activity before 7 am or after 7 pm from <br />March 20 to May 20; <br />3. revegetation with native forbs, grasses and <br />big sagebrush; <br />4. fencing of mine area to exclude livestock <br />but allow access to deer and antelope; <br />5. keep buildings, roads, mining as far from <br />Denmark strutting ground as possible; <br />6. no employee trespass near strutting ground, <br />especially during breeding period; <br />7. wildlife access to ponds on mine site if <br />water is potable; <br />8. support for a continuation of the data gathering <br />on numbers of males and females using the <br />Denmark strutting ground. <br />Flatiron could not address the preferred location of the haul <br />road since that designation was BLM's perogative. Flatiron did not <br />plan development of a wet meadow because the MLRB staff felt that <br />this was not practical. <br />The only recommendation left is one part of No. 6 of the memo <br />dealing with fertilization of BLM land near the mine site. Flatiron <br />has consistently asked not to be required to conduct the fertilization <br />experiment. <br />