PERMFILE116317 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

/" ALPERSTEIN & COVELL, Pc. A T T O R N E Y S A T C A W DONALD w ALPERSTEIN CYNTHIA F. COVELL ANDREAL.BENSON CILBERT Y. MARCHAND, JR. Of Counsel 16U0 BROADWAY, SUITE 2350 DENVER, COLORADO 50202-4921 September 10, 2004 Gregg Squire Division of Minerals and Geology ~ 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Via Hand Delivery Denver, CO 80203 W 4.1f~„be.~ !-~ (ee s P.~~~--~ dwa@alpersteincovelLcom cfc@alpersteincovelLcom alb@alpersteincovelLcom TELEPHONE (303) R94-8191 FAX (303) 861-0420 RE: Aggregate Industries -WCR, Inc. Regular 112 Operation Reclamation Permit Application; Permit Number M2004-051 / Dear Mr. Squire: This fine represents Wattenberg Improvement Association (the "Association"), anon-profit corporation organized to provide a treated municipal water supply to its membership, which currently comprises approximately one hundred homes in the town o£ Wattenberg, in Weld County. In June, 2004, Aggregate Industries -WCR, Inc. ("Aggregate") filed a Regular 112 Operation Reclamation Permit Application for Wattenberg Lakes, in Weld County, permit number M-2004-051 (the "Application"). Aggregate seeks to mine the Wattenberg Lakes property, which lies directly south of the Association's community. Aggregate publishednotieeoftheApplicationintheBrightonStandard, and according to my conversation with you on August 24, 2004, the last publication date was August 21, 2004. The Association believes that it may be directly and adversely affected by the proposed e ,`- t! mining operation and would like to hereby submit written comments to the Application pursuant to Rnle 1.7.1 of the Division of Minerals and Geology (the "Division") Rules and Regulations. The first concern the Association has is that the ]pining operation may adversely affect the water levels of the well from which the Association provides the water supply to its members. As nearly as the Association can determine from the information available, the Association Well is located within six hundred feet of the boundary of Aggregate's property that will contain the Wattenberg pit. Aggregate indicates in its Application that it plans to build slurry walls, which may or may not help avoid injury to the well. Without more specific information, the Association has been unable to fully analyze the impacts the Wattenberg pit operations and the slurry wall may have on this well. However, due to the proximity of the mining operations, some impact on the well is likely. The Association's ability to provide water to its members may thus be adversely affected. RECE~vE~ SEP,1,0 2004 Givisian of Minerals and Geology