2005-05-26_REVISION - M1999069

• Permit No: M1999069
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/26/2005
• Doc Name: submittal
• From: applegate group
• To: dmg
• Type & Sequence: AR1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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May 20, 2005
Mr. Cazl Mount
Senior Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Minerals and Geology)
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Partial Warranty Release Request; Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc.;
Wagner/Kauffman Pit #3; M-99-069,/
Dear Mr. Mount:
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The following information is being submitted on behalf of our client, Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc.
The Wagner/Kauflinan Pit #3 mining operation (M-99-069) is located mainly in the Northwest'/<
of the Northwest'/< of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6a' P.M. The site is
located in Larimer County approximately 1.5 miles east of Loveland, Colorado.
Phase I of the mining operation covers the east half of the permit area, with approximately 66
total acres being mined. Mining in Phase I is essentially complete. Reclamation activities have
been concurrent with mining and approximately 47 acres of Phase I have been backfilied and
revegetated consistent with Exhibit E, Reclamation Plan, of the Reclamation Permit Application.
Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc. is requesting release of the permit azea for the reclamation activities
completed. The affected area has been backfilled, graded, and revegetated consistent with
Exhibit E of the Reclamation Permit App]ication. All backfilling and grading activities on the
47-acre portion of the site were done as mining progressed. Final grading was finished in 2003
after mining operations were completed and revegetation of the site was performed in Fa112003
and Spring 2004. The owner chose to seed the affected area with pasture grasses consistent with
the final land use, and the vegetative cover is presently doing well.
In compliance with Subsections 3.1.1 through 3.1.4 of Section 3.1, Reclamation Performance
Standards, Construction Material Rules and Regulations, apost-mining land use was established
for the site, approved by the Office, and a reclamation plan was formulated. As stated in
Exhibit E of the Reclamation Permit Application, the final reclamation plan for this portion of
the site was to return the disturbed ground to pastureland and to match the reclaimed grade of the
property to the pre-existing grade. Consistent with Exhibit E, backfilling of the mined pit and
grading activities were concurrent with mining operations.
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