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L.F. Brown & ,/ <br />Associates Inc. <br />,~„~ <br />/ ,~'' ' 3473 D ~.'s Road <br />Palisade, CO 81526 <br />June 14, 2004 <br />RECEIVE® <br />JUN 1 6 ~ppq ,~ <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Mr. Allen C. Sorenson ~ via both fax (# 303-832-8106) and mail <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St., Rm. 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 / <br />Re: Ade ua Res onse Everist.Materials Mascot Placer, Conversion <br />Revision C -0 1, ermit # M-1998-052 ,,/ <br />/ '--'-_ <br />Dear Mr. Sorenson: <br />The following are our responses to the items listed in your Adequacy <br />of Application Letter of May 26, 2004: <br />Soil And Planting <br />You agree that the law and the regulations both require that affected <br />land be revegetated to a vegetative cover equal to or greater than the <br />existing vegetative cover at the site. Since the existing vegetative cover at <br />the site is essentially zero, Everist Materials is not required to revegetate the <br />site. <br />However, we do agree that some vegetation on the site would help <br />to reclaim many environmental and aesthetic aspects of the site, including <br />some of the visual, wildl'rfe, air, and water quality concerns related to <br />harvesting this material. <br />You have suggested that we commft to investigate and report to <br />DMG on the potential to incorporate cost effective soil amendments into the <br />reclamation of the affected land -namely saving the screen and crusher fines <br />and amending same with horse manure and hay or straw to build a soil to aid <br />revegetation of the site. <br />We do wish to revegetate the site, but we do not wish to do research <br />on revegetating amended fines and do not wish to report to you about the <br />progress of the research. Therefore, as discussed, we will sign'rficantly <br />improve upon your suggestion and commit to plating an average of 1-inch of <br />soil to the site to aid the revegetation effort. That amount of soil will provide <br />far better vegetation than fines amended with horse manure and straw or hay. <br />(970) 464-1171 <br />Also as discussed with you, we do not expect to be held to any <br />revegetation standards at this site (because the law requires no revegetation <br />of this site). <br />