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Mined Land Reclamatio vision •• Page 2 July 16„ 1990 Mesa County required that we apply for a floodplain permit as a condition oi' our Local Conditional Use Permit. We have done so and a Floodplain Permit has been issued to us by Mesa County Engineering and Floodplain Administrator. A copy of this permit is enclosed. It is our contention that this issue is a local issue, not related to land reclamation and that we have adequately addressed the subject. Please understand that we are a~vare of the concerns that exist regarding erosion and that we also have a vested interest in erosion control at this site. In Tight of the fact that the 100 year floodplain does not exist within • the affected area, we rescind our_commitment to build__the berm on_the south boundary that is adjacent to the Color_ado_Ri.Yer. We instead defer to the advice and recommendations of the Mesa County Engineering staff, and commit to the abatement program as outlined in the Mesa County Floodplain Permit. RECLAMATION PLAN (Exhibit E) 5. Please find enclosed revised Reclamation Plan Map. 6. The original permit application included, as a part of the Reclamation Plan, the construction of a trail for the Colorado Riverfront Trail that is being built in Mesa County. United Companies' commitment to construct this trail is to the Mesa County Planning Department through a community service effort and is not related to the proposed mining operations nor to the subsequent reclamation efforts at the site. We therefore ask that the reference to the construction of this trail be deleted from the permit application. The referenced trail is not an integral part of the Virginia Acres Gravel Pit Operation and is not to be considered as such. RECLAMATION COSTS (Exhibit L) 7. P,s the project is to be conducted in three separate phases, it is supposed that the period of maximum disturbance would be during the mining of phase three. The scenario would be described thus; Phase I having the banks sloped and contoured and the bank needing revegetation. Phase II having excavation completed, the banks needing grading and contouring and revegetation. United Companies o! Mesa County, Inc.