2009-09-22_PERMIT FILE - M2009030

• Permit No: M2009030
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 9/22/2009
• Doc Name: Applicaton adequacy review letter & extension approval
• From: DRMS
• To: Coal Bed Creek Construction, Inc.
• Email Name: RCO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
September 22, 2009
aRVED
SEP 2 8 2009
Division of Reclemation,
Mining and Safebj
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Govemor
Harris D. Sherman
David Cressler Executive Director
Coal Bed Creek Construction, Inc. Ronald W. Cattany
03037 CR 2 Division Director
Dove Creek, CO 81324 Natural Resource Trustee
Re: CBCI Gravel Pit, File M-2009-030, 110c Application Adequacy Review Letter, and Extension Approval.
Dear Mr. Cressler,
Thank you for the time you made available yesterday for the Division's pre-operation inspection of the proposed
gravel pit site (as named above). The inspection report will be mailed to you soon under separate cover.
There were numerous items pertaining to the application itself, that we discussed during our meeting, that still need to
be clarified or addressed for the record before the Division can entertain a decision to approve the application. I have
listed those items below, in the form of statements or commitments that the approved mining and reclamation plans
will adhere to. Please restiond in writing exnressina Your agreement with these items. If any of these are misstated or
misrepresented, please notify me promptly.
Exhibit C - Mining Plan.
The native topsoil layer exists throughout much of the site, at an average depth of three inches. Topsoil will be
stripped from a small portion of the permitted area prior to mining disturbance of that portion. Topsoil will be
stockpiled and protected from erosion and weed infestation until it is respread during reclamation. Given the scarcity
of topsoil and the need to revegetate the site, all topsoil generated from the permitted area will be retained, protected
and replaced during reclamation.
The operator will monitor the permitted area for noxious weeds, and proactively prevent infestations within the
permitted area. This may involve monitoring weeds on adjoining grazing lands, county roads, and drainageways, and
ensuring that imported fill materials and equipment that is brought onto the site do not carry weed seed. (Note: While
we recognize that there are numerous outside sources of noxious weeds, pursuant to the Division's jurisdiction, the
operator is only required to monitor and treat such within the 8.59-acre permitted area.) The operator will prevent
weed infestation from spreading from the permitted area onto adjoining offsite lands.
Mining activities will include excavation by bulldozer and/or loader, processing by screen and/or crusher. No fuel or
lubricants will be stored onsite. No batching of concrete or asphalt will be carried out onsite. All equipment used
solely for the mining operation, and all mining-related activities, must be contained within the permitted area.
The mining will begin in the southeast corner of the permitted area and progress westward along the southern edge of
the permitted area, staying well above the adjacent drainageway. The material mined is a fractured and weathered
sandstone layer, about ten feet thick. It is underlain by shale, which will define the pit floor level.
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