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Oa!18/00 09:50 $JOJ 289 1~ <br />• ~ . <br />L.G. EVERIST, INC. <br />April 18, 2000 <br />Erica Crosby <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />CORPORATE OFFICE <br />900 S. PHILL]PS AVE • 9UtrE 200 <br />P.G, bUX 582s <br />SIWX FALLS, SD 57t ti-snaa <br />PHONE 805.7345000 <br />FAX BOr334~3658 <br />MOUNTAIN DIVISION <br />7321 E. BETH AVENUE • Sl11TE znn <br />HENOERSON, COLORADO 80840 <br />30328]-906 <br />FAX 3i132B4134A <br />Subject: Adequacy Review Response, Application for Regular 112 Permit, <br /># M-99-120, Fort Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine <br />Dear Erica: <br />Following up on our letter of March 27, 2000, we would like to fully address the Division of Minerals <br />and Geology's concerns regarding our application. <br />As noted in the correspondence from Lynn Mayer on March 27, the temporary access road to the <br />site will be reclaimed. It will be reclaimed to crop land per the wishes of the landowner. The road <br />base will be removed from the underlying topsoil and the 1.5 acres encompassing the temporary <br />access road will be returned to crop land; no reclamation seeding will be performed in this area. <br />In response to your slurry wall questions, we offer the following: <br />We intend to investigate by drilling, sampling and lab testing the soils adjacent and below the <br />excavation. We will develop a set of drawings and specifications that will be certified by e <br />registered engineer, and submit them to the SEO for approval. We will submit a copy of the <br />approved plans to the Division for your files. It would appear that between the policy memo by <br />Bruce Humphries dated March 29, 2000, and your bond calculation dated March 23, 2000, that <br />no other information is required. We hereby request that you condition our permit on the <br />receipt of the SEO's letter of approval in your office. We anticipate that we will be co_m_plete <br />with the design and review by September, 2000. <br />Our plans for filling the reservoir are confidential. We have sufficient junior water rights and <br />shares of the Lupton Bottom Ditch Company to fill the reservoir when we have completed our <br />mining operations. <br />Your discussion of slurry wall costs is very illustrative, if only to dramatize the high cost of <br />installing civil construction for the federal agencies noted. We stand by our $3.00 per square <br />foot estimate and consider it very conservative. We will gladly share our calculations with you <br />once the design is approved by the SEO. <br />We feel that the submittal of slurry wall drawings and specifications, which have been certified <br />by a registered engineer, and the subsequent approval by the SEO, should demonstrate full <br />compliance and entitle us to a 20°1o bond. Also, if the bond is used for reconstruction in the <br />LG EVERIST • III'IIIIIIII'lll'll 002 <br />999 <br />0 <br />v <br />LM~FL•P0gfe92~~Od1$00 1 Of 3 <br />