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Ms. Vica•Crosby'- <br />Division of Minerao and Geoldgy' <br />.May 23. 2006 ..?? <br />PageI of 4 •'; ?' `' <br />mined pre-1978, is-'ribt.•included in ffd •58-acre area. , F. review and interpretation of the <br />original,permit materials, it'appears ..that -the 58 acres including the two-larger groundwater lakes, <br />is consistent with the intent of the original permit boundary. Aggregate-processing :equipment on <br />the `i'bPam' handle§.ag8? ' perm?e•'ate material from multiple permitted mining operations and is not <br />P. • ' <br />included' in the 58=acre it boundary. All mining. operations - within the 58-acre pen-nit <br />boundary and, for that •mattefr; -the entire. 105-acre property ' par'ael, are,complete. The majority of <br />the reclamation for.& lakes and shorelines has already been completed an&the rest of the parcel <br />is currently. used fbiindustn.L and commercial activities,:coiisistent with Larimer County zoning <br />codes. <br />Based upon the described interpretation'of the original mining permit boundary, a revised map o <br />the permit area is attached Following Amendment AM-O1, which added 83 • acres to the permit <br />area; the permit boundary included' approximately' 141 acres. The attached Permit Boundary Map <br />illustrates the:56.8 acres of:the''pekmit area included in the release request and the proposed new <br />perrriit boundary that includes approximately 84.2 acres.: } . <br />The. reclamation plan; from :the;1:97,8' permit materials describes reclaiming the. mine 'cells in the <br />original permit areaK as,'gioundwaiei' fakes of unknown size and lake banks,. aying between <br />2.5H:1V•1o. 5H;1V'slopes;; 'Surrounding shoreline areas were described as:being -seeded with <br />.grasses. The' maj o "' ' ' f :ihe existing,-Ooundwater lake shoreline • ha's already -been graded and <br />stabilized with vegetation;;. However, some groundwater lake. shoreline'and adjacent areas may <br />need. to be graded. or icarified and revegeta#ed for'stabilization. , <br />Active, exaavation.atid reclamation ,activities- are, currently' located in the eastern section of the <br />perm' it'area' 6erniit' area' added from' Amendment AM-01). The majority of the mined area has <br />backf ll ' area -has-been stabilized for, concrete and asphalt <br />been backfilled.'; , A ;portion,.of the' ed <br />recycling -operations; and',the 2 remaining area has been . revegetated for.. stibilization. Some <br />additional' miried'areas: still need -to be backfilled and revegetated, for stabilization. <br />Dunng..appr6.val ,of Tecbirical•Revision •TR-03, additional financial warranty was posted for the <br />mining"arid teclamation of,the''eastem 83 acres of the Kauffman Pit (permit area added from <br />Amendment. AM-01). It' -is our :understanding, that, with the, addition.`: of Technical -Revision <br />TR-6, a financial vaftanty of $202,100.00 was posted for the Kauffman' Pit permit. The table <br />below summanies,the :existing mining disturbances and proposed -new financial warranty for <br />reclamation - -f th6: Kauffman ;Pit -',following approval of the . Wagner/Kauffman Pit #3 <br />AM-Ol': , <br />• Amendment' _ • ? • _ - • .. . ; . - .