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<br />7 7 <br />MORGAN SAND AND GRAVEL, INC. / ?ol/ <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 16, 2009 <br />RECENED <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room215 <br />Denver, CO. 80203 <br />SEP 17 2009 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />RE: Problems and Possible Violations, Corrective Actions from Inspection by Michael <br />Cunningham on July 23, 2009. <br />Board Members: <br />The purpose of this letter is to respond to the action and plan that Morgan Sand & Gravel <br />has to correct the problems that happened in the pit in the month of June and July of <br />2009. This has been a very rainy year in Morgan County. We have had over 27 inches of <br />rainfall in the pit in June and the first part of July. Most of the gullies were from a storm <br />the night of July 2. (Seven inches of rain in 20 minutes.) This is the night that the Dam <br />broke and most of the gullies were formed. This all happened three weeks before the <br />inspection. <br />(In response to all problems and actions to be taken.) <br />1. Concrete stored in the pit. <br />The concrete is not concrete but is sandstone from the floor of the pit. It was too big to <br />run through the crusher we had at that time. 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 about (two- three feet ) tall. That should have <br />slowed normal run off so that gullies would not have happened. With 27 inches of rain 7 <br />inches in one night that will happen, not much could have been done to stop what <br />happened. <br />The gullies have been filled in with top soil, reseeded with grass seed, straw bales have <br />been placed to slow runoff down.