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Varra Companies, Inc. <br />Office of Special Projects <br />8120 Gage Street Frederick Colorado 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 Fax(970)353-4047 <br />Friday 19 November 2010 <br />.:... ter. <br />To: Jared Ebert, EPS <br />Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street, #215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 - <br />From: Varra Companies, Inc. - COPY- <br />Bradford Janes, Professional Forester <br />Subject: M-1984-036 Dakolios Pit - Reply to the Colorado Office of Mined Land <br />Reclamation (Office) Adequacy Review correspondence of 3 November 2010. <br />Dear Jared: <br />For greater continuity and ease of reference, we have iterated your comments <br />by item in a graphical box, with our comments in blue following: <br />Item #1 Agricultural Area: <br />1) The Division reviewed your response to the Division's concerns raised during <br />the second adequacy review in regards to the agricultural area. The Division <br />does not agree the proposed activities for Areas 1 and 3 were the intent of <br />the original reclamation plan or Technical Revsion No. 2. Changing the <br />reclamation plan from a topsoiled and re-vegetated plain to a substantial <br />equipment/material storage area is a significant change in the post mine land <br />use designated for the site and would require an amendment to the permit. <br />The Operator has two options: <br />A) Revise the submitted map indicating Areas 1 and 3 will be re-soiled and <br />vegetated. Along with this, please indicate the volume of overburden stored <br />on site (in cubic yards) to fulfill the reclamation requirement. Please identify <br />the location of any overburden piles within the permit boundary on the <br />revised map. The Division may consider a request to reduce the amount of <br />overburden to be replaced on these areas with proper justification. <br />At this time the Division estimates it would need approximately 27,430 cubic <br />yards of topsoil to spread 6 inches of material over Areas 1 and 3. The <br />Division will increase the financial warranty to account for importation of this <br />Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (Office) in reply to <br />Office correspondence of 3 November 2010 - Dakolios Pit - M-1984-036. <br />1