2010-05-19_REVISION - M1999069 ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: M1999069
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/19/2010
• Doc Name: Acreage Release Request
• From: Applegate Group, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AR4
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Applegate
Group, inc.
May 18, 2010
Mr. Eric Scott
Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Reclamation, Mining; and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Acreage Release Request; Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc.;
Wagner/Kauffman Pit #3; M-99-069
Mr. Scott:
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The following information is being submitted on behalf of our client, Jake Kauffman & Song Inc.
The Wagner/Kauffinan Pit #3 mining operation (M-99-069) is located mainly in the Northwest 1/4
of the Northwest'/4 of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6t" P.M. The site is
located in Larimer County approximately 1.5 miles east of Loveland, Colorado.
Phase I of the mining operation covers the east half of the permit area; with approximately 102
total acres permitted. Mining in Phase I is essentially complete. Reclamation activities have
been concurrent with mining progression, and approximately 60 acres of Phase-I have previously
been released by the State following past acreage release requests. An additional 6.7 acres have
been backfilled and revegetated consistent with Exhibit E, Reclamation Plan, of the Reclamation
Permit Application.
Similar to the release you assisted us with a few years ago, Jake Kauffman & Son, Inc. is
requesting the additional release of the aforementioned 6.7 acres of the Phase I area. A reduction
in the permit financial warranty is NOT being requested. The affected area has been backfilled,
graded, and revegetated consistent with Exhibit E of the Reclamation Permit Application. All
backfilling and grading activities on the 6.7-acre portion of the site were done as mining
progressed. Final grading was finished in the summer of 2005 after mining operations were
completed and revegetation of the site was performed in the Fall of 2005. The attached revised
Reclamation Plan Map illustrates the additional acreage requested for release. The owner seeded
the affected area with pasture grasses consistent with the final land use, and the vegetative cover
is presently doing well. The area is being watered with a sprinkler system.
In compliance with Subsections 3. 1.1 through 3.1.4. of Section 3. 1, Reclamation Performance
Standards; Construction Material Rules and Regulations, a post-mining land use was- established
1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 [phone] - Fax [phone]
Denver, Colorado 80234-2759 www.eipplegategroup.com