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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 />a. A narrative that describes the approximate location of the proposed <br />activity. <br />b. An explanation of how the backfilled site will result in a post-mining <br />configuration that is compatible with the approved post-mining land use. <br />C. A general engineering plan stating how the material will be placed and <br />stabilized in a manner to avoid unacceptable settling and voids. <br />Careful reading of the Backfill Notice references fill will be limited to Tracts A, <br />B, C, and D. Fill will be field fit to aid the reclamation detailed and consistent <br />with any plan of revegetation or other features under Exhibit E - Reclamation <br />Plan. The Notice assures all fill will be clean and inert and mixed with on-site <br />processing fines and reject material `prior to fill to eliminate void spaces, where <br />necessary.' Not stated are fill under dry or saturated conditions. If dry, fill <br />material will occur in one foot lifts over a rough surface and tracked with a <br />dozer to aid compaction. All material will be handled in a moist state to minimize <br />blowing. Under saturated conditions, material will be pushed from a perimeter <br />into the saturated state until the surface is built where it can be compacted by <br />tracking with a dozer. The methods, though empirical, should be adequate <br />where no critical structures such as buildings or above native ground structures <br />are planned. <br />17. The Reclamation Plan calls for replacing topsoil to a depth of 6 inches at a <br />minimum. The Applicant has stated in Exhibit I that more than twice the soil <br />demand required for reclamation will be salvaged. As such, the Division <br />requests the applicant commit to replacing topsoil to a depth of 8 to 12 inches. <br />Continuing the statements of Item 5, above; the location offers no promise of an <br />abundance of soil. As stated in the application, soil is absent from Tracts A and <br />B as a result of past practices of the former sugar mill companies. Tracts C and <br />Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR) 9 <br />in reply to OMLR correspondence of 4 October 2010 - Western Sugar Reclamation Land Development Project <br />- M-2010-049.