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INTRODUCTION <br />The Gilsonite Pit, located approximately 2.5 miles northwest of the town of Fruita Colorado in Mesa <br />County, is located on the Gilsonite refinery property which has been disturbed by chemical opera- <br />tions for many years. The permit area is 73.46 acres and gravel will be mined from an area of <br />approximately 56 acres, leaving a ]ake with a wetland fringe upon reclamation. In the year 2000, a <br />112 permit application was filed with the DMG (File # M-2000-058). Since the gilsonite refinery and <br />associated dump areas, evaporation ponds and other disturbance was part of a compliance order <br />issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, (Compliance Order No. 98- <br />06-05-01), anumber of issues concerning the site required additional investigation and the permit <br />application to the DMG was removed in November of 2000. <br />All issues concerning the Compliance Order, contamination, discharge, waste handling, etc. have <br />been resolved and the application is hereby being re-submitted in October of 2002. The CDPHE has <br />divided the site into 3 areas: Subareas 1,2 and 3. Subareas 1 and 3 are approved for mining at this <br />time (October 2002). Subarea 2 has old evaporation ponds from the old refinery operation that still <br />contain some petroleum products. These products must be cleaned up to the satisfaction of the <br />CDPHE prior to any full approval for mining in this area. The mining plan for this permit begins the <br />mining phases in Subarea 3. It is planned that the evaporation ponds will be cleaned up prior to the <br />completion of mining in Subarea 3 and the operation would simply continue in that direction (west) <br />on the land in Subarea 1 and 2. These Subareas are shown on the map attached to the letter from <br />CDPHE to Fmita Marketing and Management, Inc. dated September 24, 2002. It is enclosed in <br />Appendix D. <br />Gilsonite Pi[ 10/02 <br />