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McRAE & SHORT, INC. <br />1227 - 8th Avenue <br />Greeley, Colorado 80631 <br />Telephone (303) 356-3101 <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />sss <br /> <br />Engineering, Surveying, Planning & Land Development <br />January 16, 1984 <br />PROJECT N0. 119-831 <br />Mr, James B, McArdle <br />Senior Reclamation Specialist <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman St, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: LEHR PIT, WELD COUNTY DEPT, OF ENGINEERING <br />YOUR FILE N0. 83-213 <br />Dear Mr, McArdle, <br />RECEl~/E® <br />JAN 18 iJi;~l <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATI!1^' DIVISION <br />Cola Dept of Natu~ai rczauwces <br />In response to your letter of December 2, 1983, we have the following information <br />and comments, <br />A. EXHIBIT D - MINING PLAN <br />1. The soil inventory included in the report is taken from the Soil <br />Conservation Service Soil Survey, Weld County, Colorado (Northern <br />Part), wherein general classes of soil are located and classified, <br />Descriptions are generalizations of the type of material at the <br />site and are not specific soils evaluations. In the case of the <br />Lehr Pit, the available growth medium is very minimal, The Re- <br />clamation section of the report states that the existing fines on <br />the site will be replaced for the best available growth medium, <br />In order to meet your recommendations and those of the Soil Conser- <br />vation Service, the top 6" of material will be used as replacement <br />material, <br />2, 3, & 4, <br />The mining plan will be a Block Type operation wherein as a new <br />area is opened for mining, the previous mined area will become the <br />working area and the previous working area will be used to place <br />the topsoil material to initiate the reclamation process. With <br />