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~ r <br />octabcr G, i;;;u <br />11 r. Jac;: V.cth <br />,I%U L~nUrry SL. <br />':i Pasa County L'ept. of <br />Tl~nspnrtation <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado ~09U7 <br />P,E: ~1 Paso County Gravel Pits <br />Our Flies: f`C+G-it;ir Cf.ru °,G-19o, ineluslve <br />Dear i'r. l'acth: <br />I have finisL•ed rw adr_•quacy revlel+ on the mining ant; reelaration permits far the <br />above e.eticncd opcre'tiuns. ( ha;'e several quc;:iane and eoc:r~:ante thlt I have <br />uryanizcrl on an ::aiiiL'it-L•y-~:hibit basis fur uur riutu~,l cor.~.~enicncc. Rry u:hiblts <br />not rluntioned err considered c:dequau:.at this. rich. <br />i'l.ro s~~nu::n? i.?1 r.c,:.l.s c ` I••u61 iration rnusi be dent. in a uc~rspapor of local circula- <br />tion (cdl E1 Pn;~~ r;1,:~r~Cy , a;~~:r) ~ r. ail lr c;:r^~' la,nc, as _ -uur `ui,l ictalon format <br />.: given en Chr: brrcl: o` N:. ~<:r; late form lc•t'.::r s,:nt to you on yep*_ember 29, 1980. <br />~ ~. Ui th 15 plltll lC2t1011 DU5t UC SL''~Lil ttr:d tU ti~, :' IlI V151Qi1. 1_a11dCh'I1C r~ of each Of <br />tll.- nits them^•~lves must he notified as per 1'.uie 3•~ .s must be all adjacent land- <br />ol•.'ners. Proo'r of CtIeSC' notifieatlens sho~1J also be sent to uur Llv`slon. <br />_:;HIDIT A <br />tbw r.,any acres of disturbance arc planned fir each of the 15 pits? 1 need •.. <br />the tract rm~xlmum acreage Oar oath pit inr}ividu~lly a; opposed to c stair . <br />'under lU acres" for all of them. <br />F:;;H 1131 T D <br />1. lillich tl.u operations involve cnlzrg~r:.cnt of stocl; watering ponds? Thu shores <br />of these I.onds sllauld not be left, at a slope of steeper than 3:1 after opera- <br />tions ::case. <br />2. Topsail should be stool.piled for enuugt: bacl. from the working face of the <br />esrarpr:ent such that It does not fail into the pit to t,e accidently h<.ulcd ..'way <br />with rile brave'. (far the entire life of the gravel pit). <br />3. Tops~ll stucl:plles st.euld be planted with a protective perennial grass cover. <br />A Cypicol such cover rr~uld be Vestern wheatgrass at a broadcast rate of 6 lbs. <br />PLS/acre. <br />I+. Topsoil stoci:plies should be othenrise protected fror: Nine and Crater erosion. <br />Stecl:plle slopes sllauld be reiat{vely gentle. 711cir location st:oulcl be on <br />level ~~round, away from ephemeral drairlage.r:ays. If erosion intc ephemeral <br />s+-reao~ drainages is a i,c,tenti:,i prob'em for any tcpsetl (or, for that matter, <br />~rat'cl) stocFplte, bermiag should be cone to prtvcnC such topscll move:cer,t. <br />