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c~ r 5~ Glom 5 ~-f <br />Longmont Soil Conservation District `~ <br />9595 Nelson Road, Box D -Longmont, Colorado 80501 -Phone (303) 776-4034 -Far (303) 684-9893 <br />July Il, 2005 <br />REC~IV~® <br />Greg Squire -Environmental Protection Specialist `~ <br />Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology ~ VJU~' 4 <br />1313 Sherman Sheet -Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ,/ Dirrsron o1 Min erals and Geology <br />Subject: Marra Companies,-Inc, Pit No. 1, Permit No. M-197¢052 <br />-Reclamation Permit Release Request <br />Mr. Squire, <br />Upon visual inspection of the above named construction materals extraction <br />operation, evidence of good reclamation efforts are apparent: Grass has been seeded <br />and weed mowing and other control steps have been undertaken. <br />However a modest amount of tamarisk and knap weed are present on the property and <br />have the potential if not actively managet~ to impede reclamation vegetation <br />establishment and detrimentally affect this and downstream properties along the St <br />Yrain and South Platte watersheds. <br />Therefore, the Longmont Conservation District recommends delay of reclamation bond <br />release for this site pending receipt by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />of certification by the operator that the tamarisk and knapweed present on site have <br />been controlled, and that future operation and maintenance noxious weea! <br />management activities will continue. <br />R'e further urge this noxious weed management philosophy be objectively applied to all <br />CDMG construction materials bond release requests. <br />~a u ems.,., ~.~.e_ <br />Longmont Conservation Disbict <br />Cc: Varna Companies, Inc / VG' U ~/ V Di1/ LS <br />.~ .. <br />CONSERVATION -DEVELOPMENT -SELF GOVERNMENT <br />