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Home My WebLink About20102621.tiff Varna Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 1431 East 16th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Telephone(970) 353-8310 Fax(970) 353-4047 Friday 29 October 2010 Weld County Clerk to the Board 91510`h Street, 3rd Floor Greeley, Colorado 80632 Subject: Varra Companies, Inc. — Dakolios Pit — Regular Impact (112)Technical Revision Application — Permit M1984-036 Materials submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (CRMS)—Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OM I R): • Correspondence of 29 October 2010 and attachments. ATTACHEMENTS: • Revised Map —piezometers locations. • List of Farm Equipment and Agricultural Stockpile Your signature below acknowledges receipt of the above referenced material,as attached. The material should be added to the above referenced Application, as originally submitted to the Weld County Clerk to the Board,and made accessible for public review. Received On c?Q ,2010 By: i2 11P/ZGZ Office of the Weld County Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners cr•PVC JiiV pout?� 1J Cu_ PL PW 2010-2621 Ib act-1u Varra Companies, Inc. DAKOLIOS PIT 1 OMLR Techncial Revision— M1984-036 2 July 2010 Varra Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone(970) 353-8310 Fax(970)353-4047 Friday 29 October 2010 To: Jared Ebert, EPS Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, #215 Denver, Colorado 80203 From: Varra Companies, Inc. Bradford Janes, Professional Forester - epj° V - Subject: M-1984-036 Dakolios Pit - Reply to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (Office) Preliminary Adequacy Review correspondence of 29 July 2010. Dear Jared: For greater continuity and ease of reference, we have iterated your comments by item in a graphical box, with our comments in blue following: Item #1 Agricultural Area: During the 1996 Technical Revision (TR-02) process, the Operator did request to backfill a large portion of the northern lake with inert material. Part (e) of the inert fill notice states the backfilled lake will create a level surface suitable for agriculture, and the Operator committed to capping the inert backfill with two feet of overburden of which, six inches of this material was designated as soil. Thus, the Operator should have saved enough overburden and growth medium on the site to fulfill their commitment. The Division will not approve the request to leave areas 1 and 3; as delineated on the submitted reclamation plan map, un- topsoiled and not revegetated. Areas 1 and 3 were measured to be about 34 acres total. These areas will need to be capped with an appropriate amount of overburden and growth medium to establish vegetation. Please submit a revised map indicating these areas will be re-soiled and revegetated. As of now, the Operator is required to cap the remaining 34 acres with two feet of material as described above (18 inches of overburden and 6 inches of topsoil). Varna Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation(Office) in reply to 1 Office correspondence of 29 July 2010—Dakolios Pit— M-1984-036. Varra Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick,Colorado 80516 Telephone(970) 353-8310 Fax(970) 353-4047 There is not enough topsoil/growth medium on the site to fulfill the re-soiling requirement. It is unclear if overburden has already been backfilled in portions of these areas. Please indicate which areas have been capped with overburden, if any, and identify the location of any overburden piles located on the site and an estimate of their volume. Please provide an estimate of the amount of overburden and topsoil that will need to be imported into the site to fulfill the Operators commitments. The financial warranty will need to be increased in order to cover the cost of importation of this material. Another option as discussed in the first adequacy review is to withdraw this Technical Revision and submit an amendment to the permit and update the reclamation plan outlining the intended use of these areas. The need, common to agricultural areas, lacked specifics in our original reply. Please consider the attached list of agricultural equipment and stockpiles planned for the area, which will be amended over time as part of the return to A-Agricultural use over this segment of the parcel. One of the filter strips of grass could be moved as well from the south boundary to the north boundary of the storage area, to give a greater separation of an additional 50 feet in width from the planned storage area and St. Vrain Creek. If this is acceptable to the OMLR, we will revise the attending map accordingly. Item #2 Clay liner of the Northwest Pond: Based on our conversations and the Technical Revision narrative, the Office of the State Engineers (SEO) leak test for the clay liner is pending for the northwestern pond. Until the SEO has certified the clay liner, the Division will need to hold a bond to replace the clay liner. Please submit evidence the SEO has certified the clay liner for the northwest pond or submit an estimate of the cost to replace the clay liner for the financial warranty estimate. The operator is blessed with adequate water to assure the Colorado State Engineer Division of Water Resources that it has sufficient water to commit, and will, commit to the complete unlined state of the operations until the basins are lined. A letter will be obtained from the State Engineer to assure the Office of Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation(Office)in reply to 2 Office correspondence of 29 July 2010—Dakolios Pit—M-1984-036. Varra Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick,Colorado 80516 Telephone(970)353-8310 Fax(970)353-4047 this circumstance. As such, the clay liner is simply an option that will benefit the owner by liberating waters set aside for augmentation once the lined pond is certified. The leak test is underway and is anticipated to be finalized near year's end. Results of the leak test and legal standing with the State Engineer will he provided to OMLR as a stipulation to the approved technical revision. Item #3 Bond Estimate: Based on your response to the items above, the Division will conduct a financial warranty estimate for the current level of disturbance and adjust the required warranty accordingly. Acknowledged. Item #4 Hydrologic Balance: Given the proximity of the northwest clay lined pond to the structures located of the pond, the Division believes monitoring the groundwater elevations in that vicinity is warranted. Should a mounding problem arise, monitoring data will be necessary to determine the cause. One piezometer will need to be installed south of the northwest clay lined pond between the pond and the permit boundary. The Operator will need to commit to installing this piezometer and monitoring the groundwater elevations on a quarterly basis until the site is released by the Division. Please commit to supplying the results of the groundwater monitoring data in the annual reclamation report submitted to the Division. On the updated Reclamation Plan map, please indicate where the piezometers will be installed. Please refer to the included map showing piezometers locations as determined by C.G.R.S. Please note that the locations are approximate and will be field fit so as not to interfere with existing obstructions, rights-of-way, easements or related considerations. All other aspects of the OMLR request in Item 1 will be complied with. van-a Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation(Office)in reply to 3 Office correspondence of 29 July 2010—Dakolios Pit—M-1984-036. Varra Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick,Colorado 80516 Telephone(970)353-8310 Fax (970)353-4047 Attachments: 1. Proof of Placement of this material with the Weld County Clerk to the Board. 2. Revised map showing piezometers locations determined by C.G.R.S. 3. List of Farm Equipment and Agricultural Stockpile. Varra Companies, Inc. correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation(Office)in reply to 4 Office correspondence of 29 July 2010—Dakolios Pit—M-1984-036. FARM EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION MAKE/MODEL j YEAR SHAPE NOTES DESCRIPTION MAKE/MODEL SERIAL NO YEAR SHAPE NOTES Red Disk 263 White 1970 Weed Mower Bush hog 286 12-12338 2000 Good For sale Rototiller RT 1360 MCRT1360X200028 2002 Good For sale Old Rake Back M-56 7276 1950s For sale Hay Stacker New Holland 1048 1393 1970 Fair Landscape scraper box Command 1970 Good Seeder Drill 9300 John Deere 010857 1970 Good Flat Trailer LP#W-43416 Poor Disk John Deere 316 1970 Good Big Weed cutter/Mower Terrain King TK 8545 1970 Cutter/Mower Bush Hog 2010 12-00-421 2005 New Seeding Drill John Deere 750 N00750X005210 2000 Good Hydraulic Tower lights 700 Series 8702F0062 1970 Ball King Shredder Vortex 3100 BK4184 2004 New Post Hole Digger RhinoSPHD 14398 1990 Good Lawn Mower Trailer LP#501-FKA 2002 Grass Lawn Mower John Deere LX178 M01178A161042 1995 Grass Lawn Mower John Deere X495 XCH301D116003 2002 Homemade Sprayer 001 Homemade Car Tow 002 Farm Tractor John Deere 6715 L06715D422310 2004 Sycle Bar John Deere 350 559768 1980 Ditcher Everaman 1950 Plow Ferguson 2 Bottom Tumble Bug International 1950 Rake Ferguson 1950 12 ft box scraper-Green 1970 Weed burner Silver Jet Old Trailer Red Ford Jacks Gunnison? Tractor/shredder Red Rake Frank Varras 1950 Air Compressor-Diesel Smith/100DP 10011002 Sand Blast Equipment EQUIPMENT Pipe Steel for Water and Reservoir+/-10,000' Pipe plastic and aluminum w/gates+/- 4000' Pipe trailer 40's 5 axle John Deere 315 Disc Single axle water trailer+ 300 gallon tank Soil Management System Chisel 2000'of bridge planking for ditch crossing 80'metal ditch crossing x 10'wide panel Inventories of hay and straw up and down Concrete pipe inventory water projects+/-500' FARM EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION MAKE/MODEL YEAR SHAPE NOTES Vehicle Manholes water projects+/-100'x 6' diameter +/-75 Portable Coral Gates Units Sand Stock pile w/cow manure to make amended soil+10,000 cubic yards I f r r ■ 1 I is 11, • • , 1 POND . 1 � ' I I ' 6 r I f Y 1;it A , ze .., I is i'f 't~ Pi NC, - -- i POND - / ill -. 1 `.' Y I r' ii 1 -"°life , I 1. it 11/4 i •q ,`` wwsE¢ mE►tT PONDS 1 / f , r rr . Iit ( \is Jo k .... I I i wi.- % Ih 4- ii POND ! • '_ e ----��,` \iltO. 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