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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanment of Nawral Resources 1313 Sherman 8t., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 855-3557 FAX: (303)832-8105 October 17, 2001 Richard Johnson United Companies of Mesa Counry, Inc. P.O. Box 3609 Grand Junction CO 81502 • III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III llllllllllllllll OF CC~L,vi~n~J 999 _ DENVER OFFICE PUBLIC FILE COPY FILE:_ r~- c 444-- uos SITE: LeI~.~A, (~;~. IK,~ ~~~~'~~~ OCt 1 g ?001 {, .•r S v ! C ~µ,,,~~ ' dlgision o(Minerala oqd D Re: Colona Pit, Permit M-1994-005, Extension of Due Dategtoo°~~utstanding Corrective Action. Dear Mr. Johnson, DIVISION O F MINERALS GEOLOGY RECLAMATION MINING•SAFETY Hill Owens Governor Greg E. Walther Executive Director Michael B. Long Division Director I have received your request for extension of the last corrective action to be completed at the above-named pit. The request is for an extension from the current October 31, 2001, date to a revised date of December 15, 2001. The corrective action is to replace the dead trees in the screen on the north end. You state that your Vee supplier has suggested that better survival of the potted trees may be ensured by postponing the planting date until the trees have shed their leaves arld aze dormant, which is after the current correction date. The Division agrees with this justification for delaying the planting date. "Phis request for extending the corrective action date is therefore approved. The new date is now set for December 15. 2001. 1 hope you received the copies I recently sent you of the conditions agreed to by United Companies during the conferences in 1994. The tree row in question, across the north end of the permit, is to be 430 feet in length. This correlates to the length of the visual bernt which lies within 200 feet of the Becker residence. Please ensure that enough trees are planted, and in the correct locations. Also, please ensure that the specifications for the earthen visual berm are met (height, slope gradient, and seeded). These will be topics to be inspected closely th the future. The file for this site has been forwarded to the Division's staff in the Grand ]unction field office. Your written follow-up regarding the completion of this corrective action, or for questions about other sites in Montrose, Delta, or Mesa Counties, should be made by contacting that office directly. Please call Steve Shuey at 243-6368 or Russ Means at 241-I 117. Their office is at 101 South 3rd Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, CO 81501. 1 will still be your contact, however, for the one permitted site (plus future ones) in Gumrison County. I may be reached at the Division's Durango field office: 701 Canuno del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO 81301; tel 970/247- 5 l93 or fax 970/247-5104. Thank you for your cooperation in correcting the problems noted during the last inspection. Sincerely, Bob Oswald Environmental Protection Specialist a:lcolona tree exT01/rco