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MORGAN SAND AND GRAVEL, INC. <br />21215 HWY. 52 <br />FORT MORGAN, CO 80701 <br />970-867-8074 <br />PLANT 3 MILES NORTH OF FORT MORGAN ON HIGHWAY 52 <br />September 1, 2009 <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO. 80203 <br />RECED <br />EP 0 3 2009 <br />DiviQion OT Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />tf <br />RE: Problems and Possible Violations Corrective Actions from Inspection by Michael <br />Cunningham on 7/23/2009. <br />Dear: Board Members <br />The purpose of this letter is to respond to action and plan that Morgan Sand & Gravel has <br />to correct the problems that happened in are pit in the month of June & July. This has <br />been a very rainy year we have had over 27 inches of rain in the pit. Most of the gullies <br />were from a storm the night of July 2. 7 inches of rain in 20 min. That is the same night <br />that the dam broke. Now you have some of the facts of what went on in the month before <br />the inspection. <br />1.Concrete stored on site. <br />The Concrete stored on site is sandstone from the floor of the pit. It was too big to run <br />through the crusher we had so it will be crushed within the next year. <br />2. Sediment is being transported of site thru gullies. <br />The grass where the gullies formed was 2'-3' tall should have slowed normal run off so <br />that the gullies would not have happened. <br />With 27 inches of rain 7 inches in one night that will happen, not much could have been <br />done to stop that. Gullies have been filled in, seeded, straw bales have been placed to <br />slow runoff water down. <br />3.Erosion exposed material. <br />The area Michael shows in the pictures was placed there over 25 years ago and reseeded <br />when it was striped. It is one of four topsoil piles that are in the pit.