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JAMES IF. MINER. President HELEN P. MINER. Vice•President BUILDERS AGGREGATE CO. -..~; -~ FORT MORGAN, COLORADO 80701 Page 3 the earthen ~ike and allowing Great Western's holding ponds to fail and alloy the materials stored to enter the river xay, Our method of putting the overburden dirt against an already earthen dike, strengthens G.W.'s dikes and may be used as a roadway, stockpile area and may also be a source of earthen material to put over the sand (Spoils) xhen it fi].la in the previous mined area, This method best allows reinforcement of Great Western's dikes and a sound xay of economically handling the huge amounts of sand, using that Band to fill the mined area and allowing reclamation to continue. 5. Reseeding ie unnecessary as well as wasteful. The South Platte flood plane area is a highly self regenerating area xhen it comes to vegetation. The area is full of cottonxood trees and vegetation common to this area. The Great Western holding ponds and surrounding area has a layer of lime dust that is mixed in the soil and acts as natural fertilizer. The growth rate ie aided by the abandant xater table of the South Platte itself. We have pictures of previous areas mined by Builders aggregate Co., which have been filled xith our sand (spoils) and recovered xith stockpiled dirt that has reverted to its' natural atate.xithin one or txo years. Also because of the frequency of floods, any area reaeededwould eventual- ly be covered by flood xaters, silt and sand, and the natural vegetation of the area would take over. Such high waters have been knoxn to last a month or more. For these reasons, reseeding ie impractical. (See the Soil and Water Resources recomendation by Vernon Hasa, DC, SCS, USDA1, in Builders Aggregates permit application.) 6, The sand ("spoils") ie usually left to accumulate to a height of ten feet above the river bottom. After leveling off of this sand by bulldozer, a layer of stockpiled over- burden (dirt and Clay), x111 be spread about txo feet in depth over the sand. PHONE: 86]-6334 7. Sending thn lake banks has not been done as natural vegetation takes over quick],y and also the lake is being refilled Dy sand from our ongoing operations so the lake bank is alxays in flux.