2009-09-29_REVISION - M1977094

• Permit No: M1977094
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 9/29/2009
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Morgan Sand and Gravel, Inc.
• Type & Sequence: TR1
• Email Name: MAC
• 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 29, 2009
Greg Westhoff
COLORADO
D I V I S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Morgan Sand and Gravel, Inc. Ronald W. Cattany
21215 HWY. 52 Division Director
Fort Morgan, CO 80701 Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Westhoff Pit; DRMS File No. M-1974-094; Technical Revision - 01; Preliminary
Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Westhoff,
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has completed its preliminary
adequacy review of your application for the Technical Revision to the above referenced permit.
The application was received and called complete for review on September 17, 2009. The
decision date for this application is October 17, 2009. Please be advised that if you are unable
to satisfactorily address any concerns identified in this review before the decision date, it
will be your responsibility to request an extension of the review period. If there are
outstanding issues that have not been adequately addressed prior to the end of the review
period, and no extension has been requested, the Division will deny this application.
The Applicant has indicated that the earthen dam will not be rebuilt. Instead, the Applicant has
proposed to use Best Management Practices (BMP's) to control erosion in the natural drainage
channel. The Division has notified the Operator in the Inspection Report dated July 23, 2009,
that the appropriate stormwater discharge permit must be obtained from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division (WQCD). In
order to obtain a stormwater discharge permit, the Applicant will be required to develop a
Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) which outlines pollution control practices. The WQCD
is the primary State agency in charge of regulating stormwater discharges. Therefore, the
Division recommends that the Applicant obtain the stormwater discharge permit prior to the
Division review of the Technical Revision. Upon issuance of the stormwater discharge permit
from the WQCD, the Applicant may submit the approved SWMP to the Division under this
Technical Revision. The Division will conclude the adequacy review upon receipt of the SWMP.
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