PERMFILE111899

• Permit No: M2004047
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/11/2005
• Doc Name: Response to Adequacy Review Comments
• From: WSI Weiland Inc.
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
www.waterstate,co.us
Mr. William C. Klawitter, P.E.
Weiland, Inc.
10395 Colfax Avenue, Suite 350
Lakewood, CO 80215
When replying, please refer to:
GRAVEL PIT 112
Water Division 1, Water District 06
Subject: Acceptance of the Design for Construction of Embankment Fllls
Dear Mr. Klawitter:
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell Ccorge
Executive Director
Hal D. Simpson, P.E.
Stale Engineer
Thank you for submitting your request for a ruling on the jurisdictional status of the
reclamation of Gravel Pit 112 located in Weld County north of Erie. It is our understanding the
gravel pit is situated ih Section 32, Township 2 North, and Range 68 West. Your request was in
a letter dated September 26, 2003, and received in this office on August 25, 2004. Information
contained in Exhibit F attached to your request letter shows that it is planned to construct
embankment fills around the perimeter of the gravel pit above the natural ground surface.
Exhibit F also shows that it is planned to store water in the gravel pit after it has been reclaimed.
Information and data contained in Exhibit F provides sufficient documentation for this office to
accept the design of these embankment fills and to allow the owner to proceed with the
construction. of these embankments. Our acceptance of the proposed embankment
construction is effective as of the date of this letter and contingent on the following items:
The embankments should be constructed to the dimensions and elevations as shown in
Exhibit F. Any decrease in the top width of the embankments or increase in the height of
the embankments will require the approval of this office.
It is recommended that the embankments be constructed of suitable materials and the
materials be placed and compacted in a controlled manner.
As shown on Exhibit F, the reclamation of these gravel pits is proposed to have a
compacted clay liner. This clay liner is required 1o meet the criteria set forth in the "State
Engineer Guidelines for Lining Criteria for Gravel Pits", dated August, 1999. Please contact
David Nettles of our Greeley Office, at [phone] to get more information on this issue.
In accordance with state statutes, the owner of this facility is liable for the safety of the
structure and for any loss of life and/or property damages caused by the failure of the
embankments or any associated appurtenant structure. Acceptance of this design for the
embankment construction does not relieve the owner from this liability or from any other
statutory obligations. Therefore, it is in the owner's best interest to construct, operate, and
maintain this facility in a manner such that the safety of the facility and general public is not
jeopardized.
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