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UnIT10 *11w <br />COMPANIES <br />9Lf? P?.1F? <br />C <br />P.O. Box 3609 <br />2273 River Road <br />Grand Junction, CO 81502 <br />(970) 243-4900 <br />FAX: (970) 243-5945 <br />P.O. Box 1909 <br />21830 Huy. 550 South <br />Montrose, CO 81402 <br />(970) 249-1815 <br />FAX: (970) 240-8497 <br />P.O. Box 103 <br />7255-1800 Rd. <br />Delta, CO 81416 <br />(970) 874-9759 <br />FAX: (970) 874-8326 <br /> <br />P.O. Box 1556 <br />27858 Huy 6 & 24 <br />Rifle, CO 81650 <br />(970) 625-3738 <br />FAX: (970) 625-5605 <br />R'ECEIV 5 <br />April 29, 2011 11AY 1 I; 2011 <br />CA. ion of Rec;amation, CENK <br />Russ Means Miniing and Safety <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety MAY 0 2 2011 <br />101 South 3`d Street, Room 301 GRAND JUNG huw FIELD OFFICE <br />IVISION OF <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 RECLAMATIO <br />N MINING & SAFETY <br />Re: Technical Revision M-1981-014, Rozman Pit <br />-Tq- (D6, ) A .- og <br />Dear Mr. Means <br />The purpose of this letter is to provide clarification and additional information for the technical <br />revision for the Rozman Pit (M-1981-014) submitted to the DRMS on April 1" of this year. As <br />noted in the April I" letter, Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. dba United Companies (Operator) is <br />requesting a Technical Revision for the Rozman Pit to include a change in the permit boundary. <br />The owner of the pit wishes to donate a portion of the permitted land to a conservation easement. <br />The existing pit area was recently resurveyed as part of John Rozman's desire to donate the land <br />to a conservation easement. The permitted area based on this updated survey is 230.8 acres. <br />Exhibit C shows this area within the bold line. United Companies is requesting that Tract 1 (see <br />attached map) be removed from the mining permit. Tract 1(dark green area shown on Exhibit C) <br />is undisturbed land and contains 146.8 acres. We had initially requested Tract 2 (forest green <br />area on Exhibit C) be removed but due to time constraints, decided not to include this area at this <br />time. Subtracting Tract 1 from the mining permit area will result in 84 acres comprising the <br />Rozman Pit. <br />Operational Changes <br />The concrete batch plant presently located west of the river in the "Main Area to be Reclaimed" <br />(Gray area in Exhibit C) will be moved to the yellow area (Exhibit C) east of the Slate River. <br />This will allow reclamation to begin this year on this area (Gray area on Exhibit C). In addition, <br />CDOT has requested that the access road from Highway 135 be relocated for safety reasons. <br />Therefore, the road will be relocated as shown in brown on Exhibit C. The new road will <br />reconnect with the existing road just east of the bridge and then a new road will be constructed as <br />shown by the narrow orange strip in Exhibit C. The existing entrance off of Highway 135 will