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Varra Companies, Inc. <br />Office of Special Projects <br />8120 Gage Street Frederick Colorado 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 Fax(970)353-4047 <br />Minor soil stockpiling within the floodplain will be oriented in a manner along the <br />perimeters of the basins to aid planned reclamation, and will not in the majority <br />exceed 5.0± feet in height above original ground. Any additional soils pending <br />sale, or needing stored for later reclamation beyond that practically stockpiled <br />as previously described, will be placed in a location within and along the <br />perimeters of Tract A, above the known floodplain. <br />It should be remembered that Tracts A and 13 are void of soil resources and will <br />receive soil for reclamation from Tracts C and D in an over the shoulder <br />manner, further minimizing the need for stockpiling soil within the floodplam. <br />Regardless, the flexible handling positioning of materials is generally described <br />to aid the economic viability of operations and avoid the establishment of <br />permits whose standards are too rigid to account for discretion in the field. The <br />specific placement and disposition of soils can be more specifically updated <br />where warranted as part of the Annual Report requirement for approved permits. <br />6.4.5 Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br />15. The Reclamation Plan calls for reclaiming pit slopes to 31-1: IV by pushing <br />the pit bottom with a dozer until the resulting pit slopes conform with Rule <br />3.1.5(7). In addition, the Applicant has stated the pit will be dry mined to a <br />depth of 40 feet and extraction occurring deeper than 40 feet may be done <br />under wet conditions using a dredge. Please describe how the pit slopes will be <br />re claimed to 3H:1V under wet mining conditions. <br />Upon considering the inherent difficulties of wet mining, this consideration is <br />removed from consideration. The operator merely desired to keep options open <br />under methods of extraction. Extraction will reach to the ultimate depth of the <br />deposit to the extent practical under dry conditions. <br />16. The Applicant has provided a Backfill Notice as part of the application. In <br />accordance with Rule 3.1.5(9), the Applicant: must submit the following additional <br />information- <br />Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Ott-ice of Mined Land Keclamation (UMLK) a <br />in reply to OMLR correspondence of 4 October 2010 - Western Sugar Reclamation Land Development Project <br />- M-2010-049.