2011-05-03_REVISION - M1981014 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: M1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/3/2011
• Doc Name: Notices ‎(AR-02)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Various
• Type & Sequence: AR2
• Email Name: GRM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

P.O. Box 3609
2273 River Road
Grand Junedon, CO 81502
[phone]
FAX: [phone]
P.O. Box 1909
21830 Hwy. 550 South
Montrose, CO 81402
[phone]
FAX: [phone]
P.O. Box 103
7255-1800 Rd.
Delta, CO 81416
[phone]
FAX; [phone]
P.O. Box 1556
27858 Hwy 6 & 24
Rifle, CO 81650
(970) 625-37SS
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April 29, 2011
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Russ Means
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety MAY 0 2 2011
101 South 3`d Street, Room 301 GRAND JUIYC)"101iFIELD OFFICE
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 RECLAMAn?N;ION) GF& SAFETy
Re: Technical Revision M-1981-014, Rozman Pit
TR-06 AR- off.
Dear Mr. Means
The purpose of this letter is to provide clarification and additional information for the technical
revision for the Rozman Pit (M-1981-014) submitted to the DRMS on April I` of this year. As
noted in the April IS` letter, Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. dba United Companies (Operator) is
requesting a Technical Revision for the Rozman Pit to include a change in the permit boundary.
The owner of the pit wishes to donate a portion of the permitted land to a conservation easement.
The existing pit area was recently resurveyed as part of John Rozman's desire to donate the land
to a conservation easement. The permitted area based on this updated survey is 230.8 acres.
Exhibit C shows this area within the bold line. United Companies is requesting that Tract 1 (see
attached map) be removed from the mining permit. Tract I(dark green area shown on Exhibit C)
is undisturbed land and contains 146.8 acres. We had initially requested Tract 2 (forest green
area on Exhibit C) be removed but due to time copstraints, decided not to include this area at this
time. Subtracting Tract 1 from the mining permit area will result in 84 acres comprising the
Rozman Pit.
Oaerational Chances
The concrete batch plant presently located west of the river in the "Main Area to be Reclaimed"
(Gray area in Exhibit C) will be moved to the yellow area (Exhibit C) east of the Slate River.
This will allow reclamation to begin this year on this area (Gray area on Exhibit C). In addition,
CDOT has requested that the access road from Highway 135 be relocated for safety reasons.
Therefore, the road will be relocated as shown in brown on Exhibit C. The new road will
reconnect with the existing road just east of the bridge and then a new road will be constructed as
shown by the narrow orange strip in Exhibit C. The existing entrance off of Highway 135 will