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<br /> <br />M DErARTMENT OF THE AN III III III IIIIIIIIII <br />ALRUOU[RpU[ DISTRICT. CORri Or [NOIN[!R3 <br />r. 0. SOX ISEO <br />ALJUOU[ROU[. NEW MEXICO 07f0~•1600 <br />^n~r ro rAX (5051 700-2770 CA"' ~ ` ~~' ~ ' <br />January 16, 1991 <br />Construction-Operations Division <br />Regul•story Branch <br />Mr. H. Bruce Humphries <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Humphries: <br />This is in response to your notice of <br />File No. M-90-148, Gray Pit, Kiowa County, <br />1990, for evaluation of an application for <br />mining operations. <br />W~a have studied the project descrip <br />documents available to us. The site is <br />and tlZree miles north of Haswell, Kiowa <br />T18S, R53W. It appears that the mining <br />following waters of the United States: <br />unnam~ad tributary. Other waters of the <br />located on the site. <br />JAN 2 2 1991 <br />t~lin~d Land <br />permit application, <br />dated December 31, <br />a permit to conduct <br />lion, other records, and <br />located ten miles west <br />County, Colorado, S8, <br />site contains the <br />Adobe Creek and an <br />United States may be <br />I:t: the proposed work involves discharges of dredged or fill <br />material into waters of the United States, a Department of the <br />Army hermit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act may be <br />required. Waterfilled depressions created in dry land incidental <br />to construction activity or pits excavated in dry land for the <br />purpo:ae of obtaining fill, sand, or gravel are generally not <br />~onsiciered to be waters of the United States until the pit is no <br />longer used for obtaining fill. At that time, waterfilled <br />depressions may be considered a water of the United States and <br />the placement of dredged or fill material into the pit may be <br />regultlted. <br />Tt1e work may be permitted by one of the following nationwide <br />permii:s: minor road crossings (33 CFR 330.5(a)(14)); return water <br />from ~1n upland contained dredged material disposal area (33 CFR <br />330.5(a)(16)); or discharges of fill into certain waters (33 CFR <br />330.5(a)(26)). Temporary roads for moving mining equipment may <br />be exempted by regulation (33 CFR 323.4(a)(6)). <br />i <br />