2009-11-13_PERMIT FILE - M2009064

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EILARRY E. O'BRIAN FOUNDER November 13, 2009 Mr. Peter Hays Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman St, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Peter; RE: Grand County Department of Road and Bridge CR'#3 Pit - M-2009-064 Adequacy Response 7985 VANCE DRIVE, SUITE 205A ARVADA, COLORADO 80003 303-423-7297 FAX 303-423-7599 §2V On behalf of my client Grand County Department of Road and ,Bridge, I am responding to your October 28, 2009 adequacy re- sponse. I will address each item in the order or your letter. I will attached corrected documents for,the file with this letter. The return receipts for the adjoining owner mailing notices and the Proof of Publication for the mine were submitted on,9-25-2009. 1. We wish to thank the Colorado Historical Society for their review of the site. It is good to know that we will not disturb any cultural resources when mining. Grand County will most assuredly comply with CRS 24-80 Part 13 if they find any human remains when mining. Exhibit D - Mining Plan (Rule 6.4.4) 2. This was a typographical error. The 8 to 20 foot figure is correct. Attached is a revised Page 8 to replace the one in the application packet. 3. Thank you for catching this. I seem to have left them off when I revised the map the first time. A corrected Mining Plan Map is attached. 4. Grand County Department of Road and Bridge will commit to seeding the topsoil piles if they will remain undisturbed for more than 180 days (6 months). 5. I used single stage instead of no staging to describe the amount of disturbed area will be the limit to 20 acres but the 20 acres maybe in more than one area within the Permit area. 6. There are a no wetlands or water bodies on the site. The Corps of Engineers was contacted prior to placing-anything in the draw just as a precaution. They told Mr. Clark that if there was water for 3 month or more in the draw that a permit would be required to build a crossing thru it. We do not