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<br /> <br />March zs, 19s1 <br />Atr. Bob Freitag <br />Park County Road b Bridge Dept. <br />P. 0. Box 147 <br />Fairplay, Colorado 80440 <br />P„E: Park County Gravel Pits - Our File X777-36s <br />1780-9 thru <br />"80-19 inclusive., <br />;~90-2s1 <br />,~so-ZSz <br />Dear 1•Ir. Freitag: <br />If you will agree to the following contingencies, I will recommend approval <br />of the above applications to the itined Land P.eclamation Board '.!arch 31st. <br />Unless you respond to the contrary, it will be assumed that you are in <br />agreement. <br />1. Rule 6.4 states very specifically that topsoil shall be <br />removed and stockpiled from other spoil prior to <br />extraction. <br />I would agree that it ie not practical to stockpile topsoil <br />from the ~++ Crpak pit, and the Soil Conservation Service <br />report suggests the soils at the Hall Gulch, Sportsmana <br />and Elkhorn Springs Pit are s ar y eveloped. <br />However, I have inspected several of the other pits and do <br />not agree that soil should not be salvaged from the future <br />workings. As an example. Granite Construction Company, a <br />short distance to the H4i of the 11~?411e Pit, will be stripp- <br />ing 3-6 inches of topsoil for salvage. The topsoil does not <br />have to have the large cobbles separated from the fines to <br />be useful. The Soil Conservation Service reports show <br />adequate topsoil development for the other sites which ward- <br />warrant stripping. ~^' "'~ ~ <br />Therefore, we will require that when topsoil of 3 inches or <br />greater in thickaeas 1a encountered during expansion of the <br />