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~M1_MEN~~=..,_r <br />H, <br />ua~. '~' United States Department of the Interior <br />dN a', <br />q~ a~ <br />*, BUREAU OF I.~ND M~1NA(:EP4ENT <br />`.+ra,~,e4~,:--~ Grand Junction Field Office <br />2815 H Rd <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 <br />36OO(CO-130) www.co.blm.gov/gjra/yjra.htm! <br />August 3, 2006 <br />Peter Beier <br />Mesa County Department of Public Works <br />P.O. Box 20000 <br />-Grand Junction; Colorado 81502-5022 - - --- _-- __ _ _ _- __ _ <br />Re: Lumsden Canyon Gravel Pith M -/9 93 "~ <br />Free Use Permit C-45423 <br />Dear Mr. Baier, <br />~~ <br />TAKE PRIDE' <br />~NAMERICA <br />This is in response to your letter received on August 1, 2006 requesting aone-year <br />extension of the Lumsden Canyon Free Use Permit, The current permit expiration date is <br />September 1, 2006. Partial site reclamation was completed in 1998, and perennial <br />vegetation has become established on the slopes. Pit run gravel material is stockpiled on <br />the pit floor and has been used sporadically over the years for repair and maintenance of <br />county roads in the Gateway area. No further mining is anticipated. <br />The purpose of the extension is to allow removal of the remaining stockpile of gravel. <br />Preliminary plans have been submitted to BLM for converting portions of the Lumsden <br />site to a waste transfer station and other uses under an R&PP conveyance. If the <br />conveyance is approved, the pit floor azea would be utilized for new county facilities. <br />The free use permit extension is approved subject to the following stipulations: <br />1. The new expiration date is September 1, 2007. No gravel may be removed from the <br />site after that date, and no further extensions will be authorized. <br />2. A final production report shall be submitted showing the tons or cubic yazds of <br />stockpiled material which was removed from the site. <br />3. If the R&PP application is withdrawn or rejected, full reclamation of the Lumsden site <br />shall be completed in the fall of 2007. Reclamation procedures and other requirements in <br />the free use permit aze still applicable. <br />4. In accordance with free use requirements, the gravel material may not be bartered or <br />sold. <br />