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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION,,MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources ' <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832=8106 <br />February 23, 2010 . <br />Ms Angela Bela.ntoni <br />Environmental Alternatives <br />11-07:Mairi Street <br />Canon City;.CoW212 <br />Re: M-1980-224 Asphalt Paving and Redi Mix, Mackenzie Pit Am # 2 Adequacies. <br />Dear Ms Belantoni <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />The Division has completed the revised amendment application for the Mackenzie Pit M-1980-224 <br />application `.submitted on January 6, 2010. The total amended permit area is 49.3 acres, of which the <br />amended revised plan proposes to remove 30.64 acres which are reclaimed as industrial development <br />from the permit The rest of the mined permit affected area covering 24.78, which added 5.94 acres <br />under the revised plan, is also zoned commercial industrial as post mining land use. <br />Exhibit D Mining Plan and Exhibit E - Reclamation plan <br />As we discussed in the field, since the current approve mining and reclamation plan for the site is not <br />clear, and,.does not have a detailed mining and reclamation narrative, to avoid future confusions. The <br />Division requests a new mining and reclamation plan Exhibits D and E, as part of fulfilling the <br />requirement. <br />The Division is aware that the post mining land use will only require the operator to reclaim the pit <br />slopes, and grade the rest of the affected areas to meet the required post mining topography for <br />Industrial/ commercial. Such areas must be graded to almost flat and the operator will need to <br />determine the # of acres that will be worked at any given time, if the wish is not to post the entire <br />warranty for the acres that will be graded but not seeded, this will be the time to determine how many <br />acres will be graded. Given the small size of the area to be graded flat, the Division recommends the <br />operator to include all the flat areas that will remain in place in the 24.78 acres . <br />Exhibit L Reclamation Cost <br />Once the Division receives the detailed mining and reclamation plan, the warranty will be calculated <br />accordingly. <br />All. other exhibits are adequate, it is the understanding of the Division that the operator.has secured all <br />damage agreements from owners of permanent structures within 200 feet of the proposed affected <br />area. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation' Denver Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines