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Mark Ruzzin s�lllllllll <br /> 2609 juniper Avenue Boulder, CO 80304 303.417.9798 mruzzin@igc.apc.org <br /> April7, 1997 RECEIVED <br /> APR 0 81997 <br /> Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Biwisicnol mmerais�Geolo9Y <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> To Whom It May Concern: <br /> Western Mobile recently applied to the State of Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for an <br /> amendment to its approved reclamation plan to the Deepe Pit mining site on the Flatirons property <br /> in south Boulder. This reclamation plan amendment(file 81-302) would decrease the final <br /> reclaimed acreage of lakes from five lakes comprising 31.8 acres to two lakes comprising a total <br /> area of 4.2 acres. <br /> The proposed amendment also seeks authorization for a permanent land berm along the perimeter <br /> of the mined area where a temporary berm currently stands. The present approved reclamation <br /> plan for the Deepe Pit does not indicate that this land feature will remain after final reclamation. In <br /> addition. Western Mobile is also seeking approval for additional drainage channels along the north <br /> and east sides of the Deepe Pit through the proposed reclamation plan amendment. <br /> The original reckunation plan filed at the start of the mining over 20 years ago required the owner <br /> to reclaim the Flatiron Property, including the Deepe Pit, for wildlife habitat and agriculture uses. <br /> Since that time, however, every change, revision and amendment to the approved reclamation plan <br /> for the Deepe Pit mining site has diminished the quality of reclamation objectives for the area. <br /> This present amendment would continue this pattern, taking the reclamation plan for this site still <br /> further away from quality wildlife habitat and toward a plan that favors development. <br /> As a member of the City of Boulder Planning Board and as a citizen concerned about land use <br /> issues both in Boulder and throughout Colorado, I request that the Colorado Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board deny this amendment request and that the CMLRB hold a public hearing <br /> concerning the amendment. <br /> I would appreciate notification of when such a hearing will occur. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Mark Ruzzin <br />