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:.,~, <br />~~ Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />~~ <br />March 14, 2005 <br />Carl Mount <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Avenue, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Imported material at M-2001-022 <br />Dear Mr. Mount: . <br />720 Kipling St.,Suite117 <br />Lakewood, Colorado 80215 <br />(303) 274-4277 <br />Fax (303) 274-8329 <br />www. banksandgesso.com <br />As recommended by DMG staff, this letter serves as Notice of Intent under Rule 3.1.5 <br />(9) that the Green/Croissant Sand and Gravel Mine site (112 permit no. M-2001-022) <br />will receive imported off-site pit run material. Sand and gravel from the adjacent <br />Walters/Bokelman site (pending application and approval) will be imported to <br />Green/Croissant for processing and use in concrete manufacture within the permitted <br />site at the existing plant facility. <br />The salient features of the proposed import are described below. Please note that the <br />intent of this proposal is not to permit M-2001-022 as a dump site for unclassified fill or <br />other solid waste, which may or may not be the primary usage of Rule 3.1.5 (g). In this <br />case, the need to "backfill inert structural fill generated outside of the approved permit <br />area" would be a secondary result of bringing material onto the site for processing from <br />another DMG permitted area. <br />We also note that the use of off-site materials as backfill for the current Reclamation <br />Plan was contemplated in the original M-2001-022 permit. Under Exhibit E, on page 15 <br />of the 112 application narrative, the applicant noted that, <br />Backfill generated on site will include waste concrete that has cured for at <br />least six weeks, silts and clays from the washing operation, and non- <br />marketable fine material. Inert fill from off-site may also be brought on site <br />for use as backfill. This material could include concrete fragments, rock, <br />and soil and will be inspected for suitability before acceptance onto the <br />site. These backfill materials will be placed along the slopes of the mining <br />cells as they are reclaimed to a 3 to 1 slope. <br />Based on the consistency of the proposed import with the current Reclamation Plan, we <br />believe that the current financial warranty is sufficient to stabilize and cover any <br />exposed backfill. <br />