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• <br />8 arnhart Agency, <br />N ~ 212 West 13th Street <br />Pueblo, CO 81003 • Fax (719) 543-1329 <br />October 24, 2000 <br />Cluistina Kamnikar <br />Colorado Dept. Of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />• <br />Tnc. <br />Ph: (719)543-1324 <br />RECEIVED <br />OCT 2 4 2000 <br />Division of PAinerals and Geology <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />Re: Technical Adequacy Review of Reclamation Application Permit #M-2000-080 Pio!reer Farm <br />Dear Ms. Kamnikar, <br />This letter is in response to your letter dated October 3, 2000, regarding technical clarifications to <br />our Pioneer Farm 112 Permit Application. This response will address each item from your letter <br />in order. <br />This original drag of this letter has been reviewed by Brenda Gallagher and was also faxed to <br />Eldon Silverman on October 17, 2000. Ms. Gallagher's comments via phone conversation on <br />Uctober 19.2000. have been included in this letter. No written or verbal response has been <br />received from Mc Silverman. Mc Silverman's office was contacted a second time on Uctober <br />20, 2000, as a courtesy for further input. Mr Silverman indicated in the Informal Pre-Hearing <br />Conference that he would rely on Brenda Gallagher for technical input. <br />1.) Topsoil <br />Changes v.•ill be made to Exhibits D and E with regard to topsoil storage and salvage for <br />reclamation. Exhibit D, paragraph 3 will be changed to the following: "Topsoil will be removed <br />with a scraper and stockpiled for use onsite. Subsoil and sand will be removed and either used <br />`'for filling onsite or removed for resale offsite. Stockpiles will be oriented into the prevailing <br />winter wind and seeded with millet if stored for more than one growing season." <br />Also, Exhibit D(F)(i) first sentence will be changed to `'Topsoil ranges from 0 to 6 inches in <br />depth. The top (i inches of soil, except in the intermittent drainage way, will be removed <br />uniformly." <br />The soils mapped by the Soil Conservation Service include the mapping units Bresser Tntckton <br />BvC ,Nunn-Bresser-Ascalon Association (NrB) and Truckton (TrE). These mapping units <br />contain soils with varying depths of topsoil from 0 inches to greater than 6 inches depending on <br />landscape position, management, and actual soil series encountered (see Arapahoe County Soil <br />Survey). It is the intent of the Applicant to redistribute the topsoil (soils with highest level of <br />organic matter) back into the reclaimed surface in order to maintain a viable growth media fur <br />production of winter wheat. Areas where soils have been eroded in the past will have a renewed <br />layer of topsoil in [he reclaimed surface. <br />"Your Brand of People" <br />