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NOV-09-2001 FRI 08;40 AM BANK~lD GESSO LLC FAX N0, 3034 8329 <br />Response to Adequacy Review No. 2 <br />124th Estates Sand and Gravel Mlne, File Number M-2001-085 <br />P, 04 <br />The applicant states that any discharge into the Fulton Ditch will be in accordance with the <br />Crossings Agreement executed between the Fulton Ditch Company and Dacoa, Inc.. <br />Please be aware that a!/ agreements need to be established between the applicant, which <br />is Adams County RV Park, LLC, dba 124'" Estates Partners. Dacoa, Inc. is neither the <br />applicant nor the permittee, therefore the Division cannot accept any agreements unless <br />they are execute by Adams County RV Park, LLC, dba 124`" Estates Partners. <br />~~ The applicant and the Fulton Ditch Company will ezecuie an addendum to the Crossings <br />~ Agreement in which both parties recognize the 124w Estates Partners as a party to the <br />Agreement with the same rights as granted to Dacoa, Inc. by the contract. <br />2. The applicant revised the seed mixture to include Western Wheatgress, Sideoats Grama, <br />Needle and Thread, Streambank Wheatgrass and Slender Wheatgrass. Please specifiy <br />the quantity of each species to be planted in LBS PLS/acre. <br />The applicant will use the grass seed mix and the application rates as indicated in the <br />following table. <br />Common Name PLS - kba/Acie . Percent cf Mlx <br />Westem Wheatgrass 3,6 20 <br />Sldeoats Grams 1.5 ... :. 15..: <br />Blue Grama 0.4 15 <br />Needle and Thread 1':7, 10 <br />Streambank Wheatgrass 2.5 20 <br />SlenderWheatgrass <br />2,5 <br />20 .. <br />Note: The seeding rate represents a drill rate. Broadcast rate <br />would be two times the dril l rate. <br />3. The applicant acknowledges that shallow wells along 124`" Avenue and the water ski club <br />pond will likely be impacted by dewatering of the mine site. The applicant proposes a <br />mitigation plan to address the impacts to the wells and the pond. Please clarify the <br />following regarding the mitigation plan: <br />• The applicant implies the dewatering into the Fulton Ditch will recharge the groundwater <br />down gradient of the mine. However, the applicant also states that the Fulton Ditch has <br />likely sealed itself by the settling of fine solids, which create a lining for the ditch. Please <br />darily it the Fulton Ditch is lined to allow a r®charge to the groundwater system, or lined <br />to prevent seepage through the ditch. <br />No implication that the Fulton Ditch will noticeably recharge groundwater has been <br />intended; and the applicant has no expectation that seepage from the ditch will <br />significantly compensate groundwater in the immediate area of the mine for losses <br />attributable to dewatering activity within the mine. Through many years of use, the ditch <br />has likely sealed itself to some extent through the settling of fine solids. <br />