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• • • III II/ IIIIIIIIII III' / 4. c I Friday 21 July 1995 999 2 3 Bruce Humphries, Minerals Program Supervisor RF(; ~ 4 The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology EIVED 5 Office of Mined Land Reclamation JUL 2 ~ 1995 5 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 ~ Denver, Colorado 80203 ~'~'S~o~ olMine~als & Geology 8 9 Subject: Varra Companies, Inc. Jenkins Site Permit M-77-393 to Response to the Informal Conference of Friday 14 July 1995. Il 12 Dear Mr. Humphries: 13 la As specified under Rule 1.4.6 of the Rules and Regulations as administered by Is the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology [the Division], Offi~:e of Mined I6 Land Reclamation [the Office], we are providing written comments in support of 17 the above mentioned Technical Revision [TR]. We trust the following will better ]s clarify the position of Varra Companies, Inc. [Varra] respective to any and all 19 issues and objections raised by the City of Boulder relative to this matter. zo 21 Contrary to statements made by officers of the City of Boulder [the City], Varra 22 would like to express its confidence in the good faith and professionalism of the z3 Office staff and the Mined Land Reclamation Board [the Boarci]. Varra's 2a successful attempts to meet every deadline imposed by the Office, to perform 2s the more expensive task of reclamation [instead of merely covering the site zb with warranty], and our continued effort to assure all concerned that a 27 reasoned and prudent effort is being made to comply with both the spirit and 28 letter of the Mined Land Reclamation Act and its attending regulations, should z9 be viewed in a similar good light. 30 31 Unfortunately, while the Office and Varra are seemingly able to resolve the 32 legitimate concerns at play on this site, even when the resolution is not 33 necessarily embraced by or beneficial to Varra, the City of Boulcler remains 34 firmly opposed to the actions of both. In response, the City's representatives 3s appear to be manufacturing counterfeit arguments to advancr: foregone 36 conclusions, lacking any underlying scientific foundation, and seemingly void of 37 applied experience with affected lands of this nature. 38 39 The confusion such arguments tend to inspire may only serve in the end to ao subvert and weaken what even the Office agrees is a reasoned approach to al the problems encountered at the Jenkins Site. Regardless, the City continues Correspondence to Bruce Humphries, Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation, of 21 July 1995 1 for Varra Companies, Inc. from Bradford Janes, Professional Forester.