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STa~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III -Noun i~. i~ w. DEPA 999 URCES D. Mon[e Pascoe, Executive Director MINED LAND RECLAMATION 423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. X303) 866-3567 David C. Shelton Director September 8, 1982 Mr. William D. Courtright Foreman, Kit Carson County District ll2 P.0. Box 162 Stratton, Colorado 80836 Re: Collins Pit 82-183 Stratton Pit 82-184 Alleman Pit 82-185 Beeson P it 82-186 Smelker Pit 82-187 Leoffler Pit 82-188 Hornung Pit 82-189 Dear hlr. Courtright: This letter is to notify you that in order fot the above cited applications to be considered adequate for Board presentation the following items must be addressed. 1. We need a statement that, for those pits located in streambeds, no mining or stockpiling will take place in the streambed during streamflow events. 2. Apparently the Hornung Pit (82-189) and the Alleman Pit (82-185) have little or no topsoil. Your reclamation plan for these pits commits to replacing 6 inches of topsoil. Unless you have a definite source for the reclamation topsoil, you may want to con- sider changing the reclamation plan for these pits to state that 0-6 inches of topsoil will be replaced. This will avoid the future problem of replacing 6 inches of topsoil on areas where no topsoil was removed. 3. Beeson Pit: Any streambanks which are disturbed should be graded to a 2:1 or gentler slope. Also an additional grass, such as west- ern wheatgrass, should be planted. 4. Stratton Dump Pit: The proposed seed mixture should be expanded to include Blue grama and western wheatgrass. Assuming that we receive the proof of publication and adequate responses to the above items prior to September 17th, I will recommend approval of these applica- tions at ttte September Board meeting. Although you are welcome to attend the Board meeting, your presence will not be neceessary.