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~ ~ ~ <br />37 E. Colorado Avenue <br />Denver, CO 80210 <br />(303) 722-9067 <br />Environmental Services Botanical Studies • <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />Photography <br />March 22, 1990 <br />Fred Banta <br />a <br />f~~~ .N~~C~~'~ <br />Mined Land Reclamation 1AR ~^,~ 139p <br />215 Centennial Bldg. <br />1313 Sherman St V71tJED ~t~;L' <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Sanding chips on the Cedar Heights Road discussed in <br />Nagle letter of March 14, 1990 to Scott Briggs. <br />Your File No.: M-77-210 <br />Dear Fred: <br />On March 14, 1990, Mr. Greg Nagle sent you a copy of a <br />letter he had sent to Scott Briggs complaining of sanding <br />chips and small boulders on Black Canyon Road for a distance <br />of about 400' below the Cedar Heights guard house. These, <br />according to Mr. Nagle, came from the quarry access road as <br />a result of a large storm on March 1 and 2. <br />On March 21, 1990, I inspected the road and found nothing <br />out of the ordinary. No small boulders could be found in <br />the roadway or in the gutter. A mixture of sanding chips <br />and granitic sand was found all along the gutter, but the <br />gutter was far from full, except in one small location. <br />Photographs were taken to document the condition as of March <br />21. <br />I discussed the matter with the guard at the Cedar Heights <br />gate and he was not aware of any "small boulders" that had <br />been in the road although he did say a small amount of <br />material did wash down the quarry road. He also indicated <br />that during that storm a lot of sand had been spread on the <br />snow covered road and the sanding truck turns around at the <br />guard house. Therefore, we are not sure exactly what Mr. <br />Nagle is concerned about. I did notice that there was a <br />considerable amount of material on the Garden of the Gods <br />road south of Balanced Rock, indicating that many of the <br />roads in the area suffered deposition of material as a <br />result of the storm. But there was more material on the <br />Garden of the Gods roads than there was on Black Canyon <br />Road. <br />