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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Rlclurd D. Lamm, Governor <br />• ~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />Jack R. Grleb, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Coio retlo B02t6 ~G25-1192 <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />October 21, 1980 <br />2300 S. Townsend <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />Mr. Lloyd V. Barnhart <br />3 Sedum Court <br />Pueblo, Colorado 81001 <br />Oear Mr. Barnhart: <br />We have received your request, on behalf of VALCO, Gunnison Concrete Division, <br />fora wildlife statement necessary for their Mined Land Reclamation application. <br />In order to expedite the procedure, we recently stopped by the VALCO Gunnison <br />office to obtain additional information on current and future operation plans. <br />lde currently have some concerns involving illegal 404 activities which VALCO <br />had done recently at the project site. We discussed our concerns with Mr. Earl <br />Brubaker, owner, hoping to work out these Droblems. Ida were informed by Mr. <br />Brubaker that you handle all planning and applications for him and that we <br />should contact you. <br />In order for our Division to evaluate the impacts of the Vader and Rozman Pits <br />on wildlife, we need to know what the future operating plans will be. We, there- <br />fore, would like to have a field meeting with you to discuss the long term plans <br />and work which was illegally done on the Vader Pit in an attempt to rechannel <br />Tomichi Creek. Since Mr. Brubaker indicated that he had no future needs for <br />gravel from the Vader Pit until next year, I assume that there is no bio rush to <br />obtain the Mined Land Reclamation Permit. <br />With the Colorado big game hunting seasons underway, our field people are extremely <br />busy until November 11. Please contact me after this date and we will make arrange- <br />ments to meet with you in the field to discuss operating plans and current 404 <br />violations, so that we can provide necessary information as required by the Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board, I can be contacted at our Montrose office, phone 249-3431. <br />We will look forward to meeting with you to work out our current concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />~ ~~~ <br />Rick Sherman <br />Wildlife Biologist <br />RS:mg <br />cc: Bob Clark <br />Dick Imler <br />Jim Houston <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Army Corps of Engineers <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Monte Paxoe, Executive Director • WILDLIFE COMMISSION,Wilbur Redden, Chairman <br />Donald Fernandez, Vice Chairman • James Smith, Secretary • lean x. Tool, Member • Vernon C. Williams, Member <br />Michael Higbee, Member • Sam Caudill, Member • Richard Divelbiss, Member <br />