2009-10-16_PERMIT FILE - M2009082 ‎(17)‎

• Permit No: M2009082
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 10/16/2009
• Doc Name: Ex. J- Vegetation
• From: Lafarge West, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Queen of the River Consultants, Inc.
k??k 13810 N. 115" Street. Longmont, CO 80504 • Phone [phone] • Fa x [phone]
October 3, 2007
RE: Parsons Property
Terry McKee
US Army Corp of Engineers
Tri Lakes Project Office
9307 So. Wadsworth Blvd
Littleton, CO 80128-6901
Dear Terry,
Thank you for meeting with me to review the wetland boundaries on the Parsons Mine property
located five miles west of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County on September 17, 2007. The 387
acre property referred to as the Parsons Mine is owned by Lafarge West, Inc.; Sally A. Parsons
(Lafarge has an option to purchase the Parson's property); and Livingston Leigh Livestock of
Weld County, LLC. Lafarge West Inc. is in the process of preparing an application for a gravel
mining permit on this property for submittal to the State of Colorado's Division of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety and a Use by Special Review application for submittal to Weld County.
The purpose of this letter is to ask whether a COE permit is required. No aquatic or wetland sites
will be mined, filled, or impacted by mining operations. A 200 foot buffer will protect the Cache
La Poudre River and its adjacent riparian zone. The operation plan has been designed to avoid all
of the wetlands identified in the attached report The legal description of the property is Sections
30 and 31 of T6N, R66W, and Sections 25, 36 of T6N, R67W, (Bracewell, Colorado
Quandrangle). The Poudre River flows through the southern portion of the property from 4718
to 4716 feet in elevation (UTM coordinates range from 13T 0513410E, 447703ON on the upper
end of the river to 0514680E, 4477320N on the lower end of the river.) Enclosed is the wetland
delineation report for the property. Please indicate whether you concur with the wetland
boundaries indicated in the report.
Sincerely,

Brenda Mitchell
Providing professional fishery and wildlife services on over 2.5 mil-lion acres of privately owned land throughout the US