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<br />HENRY ~. HH RIV ER <br />MDNTE VISTA <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />TNAD c. Eu1DTr Rio Grands County <br />MDNTE V19TA <br />it Dal Node, Colorado 81134 <br />DlAN HAMMOND <br />DEL NORTE <br />Del Norte Pit: Highway 11112 7l ~~ /~ <br />L. WM. MILLER <br />COnNTY ATTORNEY <br />DEL NORTE <br />The following are comments which further explain our reclamation plan on <br />this area: <br />1. There is no way that we can guess with a~ degree of accuracy the average <br />expected depth of water in the pit area since this depends entirely on the <br />snow pack in the mountains each year. No engineer or governmenCal agency <br />' will predict or forcast what this may be in the future. <br />2. Since it is impossible to forcast if Chere will be sufficient moisture in <br />the pit to germinate seed, and since the county owns no surface water decrees, <br />we feel it would be a very unwise expenditure of. taxpayers money to seed an <br />area or plant shrubery. Further since the original area was almost barren <br />of 'Vegetation (less than 5%) if were were to seed and get it esCablished <br />we would actually be creating an oasis. <br />3. Because of the pit area being a short distance from Del Norte, Che impact <br />oli migratory fowl and wildlife is very minimal. <br />4. 't'he soils, as it shows in exhibit B, are J 2 F A and are very rocky and <br />contain very little dirt. <br />5. The Rio Grande Canal which borders the pit area on the north has a berm <br />which protects it from any sedimentation problem from the gravel operation <br />at the pit. <br />1-x"zc ~ cl~" ""2 v-~`2 <br />Henry~~ S~iriver <br />Chairman of the Roard <br />RE~~~ae~~ <br />f,9",R ? - 1978 <br /> <br />.. y. ~ __.. __~~~.e.~.__.,_ <br />