2013-06-25_REVISION - M1979089 (3)

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-tln /Go) -(4) Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 2311 River Road • P.O. Box 1849 • Grand Junction, Colorado 81502.970/245 -9301 • FAX 970/243 -6703 June 20, 2013 RECEIVED JUN 2 5 2013 Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 OIVNNA Denver, CO 80203 ��x RE: 23 Road Gravel Pit, Permit # M- 1979 -089, Request for Technical Revision No. 5 Staff, Consider this letter a formal request for Technical Revision No. 5 to our reclamation permit for the above referenced operation in Mesa County. This TR is triggered in part by site improvements that are not reflected on the currently approved reclamation plan, as noted in your Inspection Report dated May 2, 2013. Following is a brief description of revisions or updates to the Reclamation Map (Exhibit F): ♦ Construction of an office building with an attached precast concrete manufacturing facility in the northeast portion of the permitted site. This facility includes paved parking areas, irrigated landscape and a graveled surface material storage yard. This site plan development was approved by the City of Grand Junction under File No. SPR- 2005 -138. The currently approved post -mined land use for this area is Industrial /Commercial. ♦ Use of a material storage and sales yard with irrigated landscape located in the northwest portion of the permitted site. The currently approved post -mined land use for this area is Industrial. ♦ Construction of a concrete pedestrian/bike path along the southern portion of the site, through the Colorado State Division of Parks property and then paralleling the east and northern edge of the Bureau of Reclamation property. This pedestrian/bike path is part of the Riverfront Trail system that will, when complete, connect Fruita, Grand Junction and Palisade with one contiguous path. The currently approved post -mined land use for this area is Wildlife Habitat/Recreation.