PERMFILE121571

• Permit No: M1989065
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/31/1989
• Doc Name: NEWS PAPAER CLIPPING
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE, OF C~LORADO
Roy Romer, Govei
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
FRED R. BANTA, Director
DATE: August 7, 1989
T0: Mr. Mike Applegate
FROM: Michael J. Boyd, Reclamation Specialist
RE: File No. M-89-065; Winkler Light Aggregate Quarry
Adequacy Items
Tne following items must be addressed by the applicant in order to satisfy the
apDlicaole requirements of C.R.S. 34-32-101 et seq. and the Mineral Rules and
Regulations of the Mined Land Reclamation Board-
Mining Plan (Exhibit D)
1. The Mining Plan General Description makes reference to Figure D-l;
/ please submit this figur~s it was apparently omitted from the
application. (The text a so refers to the Mining Plan Maps as
Exhibit D; the maps are correctly labeled Exhibit C.)
2. Mining is to be done in ten phases, each taking 10 to 25 years. Are
phases I-VIII going to be done in chronological order? What about
pnases in the cut stone quarry - it appears that work in this area is
expected to be concurrent with other mining operations. When will work
in this area begin? How long will it continue?
3. On page D-1, you indicate that "a maximum of 13 acres will be stripped
at any one time." I assume this 13 acres includes the 10 acres
referenced on the following Page in the crushed stone operation area
plus 3 acres in the cut stone quarry. The Table of Disturbance on
Page D-5 shows a far greater area lacking topsoil - 20 acres in the
crushed stone area and nine acres in the cut stone area. Also, this
Taole shows a total disturbance of 79 acres, whereas Dage E-5 contains
a statement that "no more than 70 acres...(will) be disturbed at any
one time." Please explain these discrepancies.
Reclamation Plan (Exhibit E)
1. The second sentence of the text in this section states that the "net
result of mining will be to lower the top of the mesa from 10 to,2
,/ feet", the same depth as is indicated to be the thickness of the rtiy)~~
deposit on Page D-l. It appears from your reclamation cost estimates,
however, that the operator intends to redistribute only 18" of
/ overburden as°~PPOSed to the 4 to 16 feet presently existing on the
site. Please clarify this discrepancy.
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