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~ ~ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WH~UATER-BUILDING MATERIALS CDR~RATIDN SAND & GRAVEL PRODUCTS READY MIMED CONCRETE Phone 242-7537 Phone 242-4043 P.O. Box 1769, 940 South 1Dt4 Sheet GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81502 26 August 1982 n ~ ~~ ~ ~ M ~L.~ Il_..C `. F ~ 1 ~saz Mr. dames B. McArdle and Mr. Oay Lucas Reclamation Specialists Department of Natural Resources 423 Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: Gentlemen, MINED LAND RECLAMATION Coio. Dept. of Natural Resource Inspection of 77-129 15 Ouly 1982 We have received and reviewed the above inspection reports and wish the following to be filed with those reports. 77-129, Whitewater Pit 500 Observation Number One and Recommendations Number One and Two. In 1980, Mark Heffner, Oakes, reviewed our planting success on stages X and Y which at that time was encouraging and he made recommendation on weed control and fertilizing which was carried out during that year. In 1981, we lost most of our revegetation gains and as you saw 1982 has resulted in a total loss of the 1979 planting. Seed varities were selected from the advice of the SCS and what was commercially available and currently we are reviewing the situation and will take into consideration all suggestions we can get. Our amendments of Permit77-129, September 1981, with MRLB approval on 16 Decmeber 1981 took into consideration the failure of the first large attempt to revegetate. We feel that our mining requirements are still having an adverse effect on revegetation. The new reclamation staging takes in the entire area of each lake and adjoining affected areas. One revegetation effort will be conducted after mining has ceased and water has been allowed back into the pit area For the entire bank area. Shaping and other preparatory items is being done prior to this revegetation during the mining stage.