2010-10-29_REVISION - M1984036 ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: M1984036
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/29/2010
• Doc Name: Reply to PAR
• From: Varra Companies, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR4
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Varra Companies, Inc.
Office of Special Projects
8120 Gage Street Frederick Colorado 80516 Telephone [phone] Fax[phone]
There is not enough topsoil/growth medium on the site to fulfill the re-soiling
requirement. It is unclear if overburden has already been backfilled in portions
of these areas. Please indicate which areas have been capped with overburden,
if any, and identify the location of any overburden piles located on the site and
an estimate of their volume. Please provide an estimate of the amount of
overburden and topsoil that will need to be imported into the site to fulfill the
Operators commitments. The financial warranty will need to be increased in
order to cover the cost of importation of this material.
Another option as discussed in the first adequacy review is to withdraw this
Technical Revision and submit an amendment to the permit and update the
reclamation plan outlining the intended use of these areas.
The need, common to agricultural areas, lacked specifics in our original
reply. Please consider the attached list of agricultural equipment and
stockpiles planned for the area, which will be amended over time as part
of the return to A-Agricultural use over this segment of the parcel. One
of the filter strips of grass could be moved as well from the south
boundary to the north boundary of the storage area, to give a greater
separation of an additional 50 feet in width from the planned storage area
and St. Vrain Creek. If this is acceptable to the OMLR, we will revise the
attending map accordingly.
Item #2 Clay liner of the Northwest Pond:
Based on our conversations and the Technical Revision narrative, the Office of
the State Engineers (SEO) leak test for the clay liner is pending for the
northwestern pond. Until the SEO has certified the clay liner, the Division will
need to hold a bond to replace the clay liner. Please submit evidence the SEO
has certified the clay liner for the northwest pond or submit an estimate of the
cost to replace the clay liner for the financial warranty estimate.
The operator is blessed with adequate water to assure the Colorado State
Engineer Division of Water Resources that it has sufficient water to commit, and
will, commit to the complete unlined state of the operations until the basins are
lined. A letter will be obtained from the State Engineer to assure the Office of
Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (Office) in reply to 2
Office correspondence of 29 July 2010 - Dakolios Pit - M-1984-036.