2008-08-15_PERMIT FILE - M2008006

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Mr. Peter Hays .. :Re: Set . er Pit, Adequacy Letter Response . August 15,2008 Pdge S. of 6.: -In an effort to address the particular lnterests.of the. cottonivood trees located.along the site, the triggerpoint i.d tit fed in the monitoringplan will be used (see number 7 above). In addition to the above, Connell. Resources, Inc..; is ivilling to relocate,the settlingponds to. the southtivestern area within the 100',setback fi oin. the top of the :riverbank iii order to .. . vood grove. increase the 1?otentialfor g'oi?nd?yater recharge near the cotton . . :10.:Please commit, to. provide the Division a copy of the discharge .permit prior lo. discharge to the:Cache la Foudre River.: . Connell Resources; Inc. will: provide . the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. a copy of the discharge permit Prior to discharge into the Cache la Poudre River: 11. The' Division did not. receive -cross sections A and B and section C. appears .to be. incomplete within Attachnxent F: Cross Sections for the SerFer-Pit Floodplain Permit and Report. Please provide cross sections. A. B, and C.. The analyses and cross :sections for the `Set•Fe?•.Pit. Floodplain Permit. were provided in . the Floodplain Developrrient"Permit and Report. The HEC-2 model for Table 1: Effective :VS, Txisting Conditions, Table.2 Existing vs. Proposed Conditions, and Attachment E all relate to-cross.sections.:C, D, and E on the Floodplain Workmap,. - The t•eport included, t?vo maps; the FIRM naap,.and the Floodplain. Wot•kinap; Cross sections A C, and D., on the. FIRM Map are, identif ell. as cross section C, . D, and E (respectively) on the Floodplain Wotkmap. As. a result, the cross-sections in Attachment ' Fshould correspond to the cross-sections'identiftied on the Floodplain Worbheip.. Rule 6.4.12 Exhibit L- Reclamation Costs :12- The Division prepared a., reclamation cost .estimate for the SerFer. Pit:.. The, Division estimates that the.total cost to reclaim:the site:it.. $328,445. A copy of.tlte. estimate'is enclosed for your.review::. Connell Resources, Inc. agrees with the above stated reclamation cost estimate.: . Rule 6 .4.19 Exhibit S - Permanent manmade Structures 13..In [the] adequacy response letter dated July. 9. 2008, the applicant states "An agreement: with Poudre Valley. REA will. be in place prior to removal of power lines, the applicant did not.address the utility boxes owned by Poudre Valley REA in the adequacy response Please clarify the issue, A slope stability analysis ivas petformed for. the. SerFer Pit Regular 112 Operation Reclamation . Permit and submitted with. the application in January, 2008. .:This evaluation, demonstrates that the utility boxes,: as well as all stt uctureS itilithin.,200 feet 9f.