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t <br />".' <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />March 2°d, 2010 <br />Anne Best Johnson <br />Lafarge West, Inc. <br />11409 Business Park Circle, Suite 200 <br />Longmont, Colorado 80504 <br />RE: Nelson Pit; M-1974-070: Technical Revision 03; Adequacy Review #2 <br />Dear Mrs. Johnson, <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />The Division received your correspondence in response the first adequacy review for the <br />Technical Revision on February 23`d, 2010. There are still several issues that will need to be <br />corrected/addressed prior to the Division's approval. The decision date for the Technical <br />Revision is April 1st, 2010. All of the Divisions concerns must be addressed by this date or the <br />Technical Revision will be denied. <br />Reclamation Plan Map: <br />1.) The map needs to be signed by the registered land surveyor, professional engineer or <br />qualified person who prepared it. Also, please include the date the map was prepared. <br />2.) Please indicate the areas that were revegetated. <br />3.) Include a note stating the land was reclaimed for recreational purposes. <br />Mitigation Area: <br />4.) The Reclamation Plan Map displays a 23.56 acre parcel as a "Mitigation Area". Please <br />explain what this means. What is being mitigated and for what reason? <br />Fill Dirt: <br />5.) A request has been made to leave several piles of topsoil on the site for the Landowner <br />after the site has been released. The post mine land use designated for this site is <br />Recreation. The reclamation plan calls for grading this site to prepare it for this type of use. <br />Leaving stockpiles of material does not coincide with the post mine land use or enhance the <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />STATE OF COLORADO