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L.G. EVERIST, INC. <br />ROCK .SOLID .SINCE 1876 <br />June 25, 2013 <br />7321 E. 88TH AvENUE, SuiTE 200 <br />HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640 <br />PHONE 303 - 287 -9606 • FAx 303 - 289 -1348 <br />Mr. Eric Scott <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Via Certified, Return Receipt Mail <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 # 7010 1060 0001 6977 0764 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Acreage Release Request (only) for Completed Reclamation in Hill - Oakley and Fort Lupton East <br />Phases of the Fort Lupton Sand & Gravel Mine, DRMS Permit # M- 1999 -120 <br />Dear Eric: <br />L G. Everist requests an Acreage Release for completed reclamation work in the Hill - Oakley and Fort Lupton East <br />phases of the Fort Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine, # M- 1999 -120. The City of Aurora will take over the completed <br />phases for final beneficial use as water storage reservoirs. <br />Substantial reclamation has been completed in both phases since 2011, including the slurry wall liners, backfilling, <br />sloping, and grading of the sites. The slurry wall liners of both phases passed the leak tests required by the <br />Colorado Office of the State Engineer (SEO) and have continued to meet the SEO design standard. Copies of <br />the two SEO approval letters are attached for your reference. The final piece of reclamation required for acreage <br />release - initial seeding - was completed for the 14 acres around the upper reaches of the reservoirs in April -2012. <br />A copy of the seeding invoice is also attached for your reference. <br />L.G. Everist modified our reclamation permit with the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) permit <br />on the Fort Lupton site with Technical Revision TR -04, in 2009. The revision states, "Modify final vegetation <br />standard to allow release pnor to full vegetation establishment, all other reclamation standards remain in effect " <br />In relation to that modification, L.G. Everist is submitting an acceptance letter from the City of Aurora accepting <br />the reclaimed phases as is, and this gives the DRMS the confidence that the released acreage will be taken over <br />by a responsible party. <br />As you know, L.G. Everist requested surety reduction upon the completion of the substantial reclamation, and you <br />inspected and approved of it in Feb -2012. When the recent permit amendment was approved and the financial <br />warranty (bond) was recalculated in Oct -2012, it took into account the substantially finished reclamation of these <br />phases. Therefore, we are not requesting any surety release with this acreage reduction request because the <br />amount of bonding for the seeding would be minimal <br />A Partial Release Map is attached for a visual reference to the two phases being released. The total acreage to <br />be released is 77.37 acres The Hill - Oakley phase is 43 92 +/- acres and the Fort Lupton East phase is 33.45 +/- <br />acres <br />If you have any questions or need to anything else to process this acreage release request, please contact me at <br />303 - 286 -2247 or Imshults @lgeverist.com <br />Sincerely, <br />Lynn Mayer hults <br />Regulator anager <br />RECEIVED <br />cc: Dennis Fields - L G. Everist, Inc. <br />Lisa Darling, Ted Hartfelder - City of Aurora <br />JUL 111 2013 <br />Steve O'Brian - Environment, Inc. <br />FL- DRMS- HillOakley &FLEast- AcreReducReq- 062513 doc <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />