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Home My WebLink About20182348.tiffDATE: TO: FROM: RE: COLORADO Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 Notice of 112c Construction Materials Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration November 21, 2018 Weld County Commissioners 915 10th St Greeley, CO 80631 Peter S. Hays, Environmental Protection Specialist RECEIVED NOV 2 9 2018 WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Varra Companies, Inc., Varra Resources Project 110 (formerly Dakolios Pit No. 1), Permit No. M-1984-036-AR0I Please be advised that on November 20, 2018, Varra Companies, Inc., whose address and telephone number are 8120 Gage St. , Frederick, CO 80516; (970) 353-8310, submitted a request for partial acreage release for the Varra Resources Project 110 (formerly Dakolios Pit No. 1), Permit No. M-1984-036. The construction materials extraction operation is located at or near Section 31, Township 3N, Range 67W, 6 Principal Meridian, in Weld County. Written comments or objections to the release may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. Comments or objections should be submitted as soon as possible. M -RV -05C ?ub\ic Q%vieto cc: PL(TP),Pw(JM/EktRicK') tz/5/i8 II/3o%? 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director 201?c2348 Varra Companies, Inc. Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 Fax (970) 353-4047 Thursday 23 August 2018 Weld County Clerk to the Board 1150 0 Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Subject: Varra Companies, Inc. - Materials submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (CRMS) - Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR): • Correspondence (Release Request) with Photo Log of 23 August 2018 from Varra Companies, Inc. to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation, with attachments. Attachments: • Photo Log Map. • Digital Photographs - 12 Folders. • Updated List - Exhibit C - Owners of Record • Proof of Placement with the Weld County Clerk to the Board. RECEIVED AUG 2 4 2018 WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 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 By: , 2018 Office of the Weld County Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners PPbI,c RtvicAl ©gI051iB' cc PLCrI1mITP), pw( E.RICH/Jmi CA.) 08- a- 18 I �- as4g I Varra Companies, Inc. OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS 8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone (9 70) 353-8310 e -Mail: bUforester@msn.com Thursday 23 August 2018 To: From: Peter Hays, E.P.S. Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR, or 'the Office') Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St., #215 Denver, CO 80203 Varra Companies, Inc. Bradford Janes, Forester Liaison - Interdisciplinary Affairs Subject: Release Request for OMLR Permit M-1984-036 - Varra Resources Project 110 (aka, Dakolios Project) - Status, Clarification, and Minor Changes to Site Preparations necessary for Final Release. Legal Description: Part of the NW4,SW4; NE4,S W4; & SE4, SW4; Section 31; all in Township 3 North, Range 67 West; 6th P.M.; Weld County, Colorado. General Location: South of St. Vrain Creek - East of WCR 13 Colorado Blvd. - North of WCR 26 - and, East of the St. Vrain Sanitation District Plant. Parcel Number(s): 1209-31-0-00-061; 1209-31-0-00-051; 1209-31-0-00-064. Total Acres: 120.00 There remains a resident need to clarify the continuation of some activities commenced under the OMLR permit. Based upon what we know today: 1. Basins and Reservoirs 2 and 4 are completed and suitable for release. 2. Area 3 Agricultural stockpile Area and Recycling Plant and Yard are uses that may continue subsequent to OMLR release of these areas from the permit. 3. This leaves only the vegetation surrounding the existing reservoirs - and planned revegetation of the buffer area for Area 3 for continued supervision under the exiting warranty and permit, unless released by the OMLR. To this end, Varra Companies submitted a Technical Revision as a foundation to establish clarity for the purposes of this Request. The consideration as to what Areas of the permitted lands may be released from the permit and affirming any continuing obligations, if any, should provide greater focus for any remaining lands requiring 1 further attention. The effort will better affirm the suitability of all planned and continuing uses over post release lands and activities with respect to their identifiable areas and purposes. These considerations are detailed in the pending Technical Revision (iterated in part, in blue ink, below - and as supplemented by notes in black): Kim Ogle and Diana Aungst, Weld County Department of Planning Services, verified that the planned post mine activities for the Agricultural Stockpile location and continued recycling activities and uses do not require further permitting with Weld County. Further, on 31 May 2018, Diana Aungst, Weld County Planner and Floodplain Manager; indicated that no FHDP or other floodplain permitting are needed: The revised Dakolios Map as approved by the OMLR by Technical Revision in alters the location of the planned vegetative buffer strips (necessary to better protect the reclaimed return irrigation waters ditch traversing Area 3). This reduces the total area of the planned grassed buffer in Area 3 to 4.01 acres. • The two reservoirs shown (Areas 2 and 4) are completed and shorelines re -soiled and vegetated. Water levels at both reservoirs are below the static; water level when the reservoirs are full. Vegetation has invaded or spread and hydrophytic vegetation increases the closer it approaches current water levels. This vegetation would suffocate and repeat the succession process as the reservoirs fill and empty over time. The estimated area of vegetation reported in the 2011 Amendment is the best estimate of the vegetation that would remain beyond and above the static water level of the reservoirs, and formed in 2011 part of the basis of approval met at that time. Conditions along the reservoir shores are documented in the included Photo Documentation Log Map (attached) and Photo Log description, below. • Area 1 is outside of the present day 100 -year floodplain. The existing scalehouse and stockpile area surrounding it is outside and above the present day 10- year floodplain. • Weld County is aware and acknowledges that the existing scalehouse and yard that presently occupy this location, supports on -going and continuing recycling activities and will remain in place and active subsequent to planned OMLR release. The remainder of the focus is upon Area 3. • Area 3 outside the buffer strips pertains to: 1. Sub -area A: These are locations for planned agricultural stockpiles and mobile equipment which lie within the approximate 100 -year floodplain, consistent with that for common agricultural activities found in the A- Agriculture Zone. Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 2. Sub -area B: The location of the concrete and asphalt recycling processing equipment and stockpiles - which are also outside and above the approximate 100 -year floodplain - are activities consistent with that found in the A- Agriculture Zone and acknowledged as an allowed use under the existing Weld County USR 616; and will remain so subsequent to release of the OIVII,R permit. 3. Sub -area C: This is a defined area of a 4.0+1- acre buffer strip and vegetative filter to better stabilize and segregate lands from planned activities. The strip has been modified from the previous Technical Revision by changing the location of the buffer from along the southern boundary of the recycling area, to 25 feet either side of the existing buffer strip - where it will provide the greater benefit. Please refer to the revised Reclamation Plan Map included with this revision. • With the completion of grading, soiling, and revegetatiori of all areas other than the 4.0+ /- vegetative buffer of Area 3(c), no other reclamation activity remains. For this reason, the existing $87,200.00 financial warranty may be reduced to the current cost of seeding the 4.0+1- acre buffer strip. PHOTO DOCUMENTATION LOG (Series beginning with P1030 selected from photo series ending in 753-942) OF RECLAMATION AS OF AUGUST 2018: Camera location #: Photo Reference #'s: Orientation: Description/Notes: Point 1 A. 759-762 + 765 Rotation from scalehouse clockwise NW -E showing area. Patch scalehouse by (765) Shown the mowing. electric of is green either arc annuals Osprey 1 of 3 at - replaced pole nesting the location. a large (foreground). side contained of nest box on 1B 772-773 Both views a row plantings. looking of choke N Mowed head Annual - but area presence persist doesn't predominantly show is minority and spread. a seed grasses. as the - along cherry natives 2 774-775; Looking shore East 787 near along of NW is Vegetation Saltgrass, Smooth reduced cover annuals, Brome, visible is stabilizing, and is Alkali spreading dominated Sacaton, however, seed dominant heads. • • • by and mowing with Inland Grass over • • • north reservoir. vegetation water. Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 3 Camera location 4: Photo Reference Point #'s: I Orientation! Description/Notes: I Ei i i 781-782, 787 Looking West shore of along NW •••some evidence & grama (blue of & sideoats). wheatgrasses north reservoir. 785 close-up Shows seed Inland Saltgrass. head of NOTE: 788 & 801 Lower grasses, Vegetation by -clover, and yellow alkali cattail, inland Phreatophytes reservoir invaders with to contour the around Amendment the fluctuating estimated estimated the elevation that Reclamation ringing will revegetation water are come 4013' - as largely the the elevations reflected and basin 2011 Plan lower area go Map - slopes basins marked cottonwood, sweet and predominantly saltgrass sacaton. by in 3 806-807 Looking -line South toward along point Cover stabilizing Mowed is predominantly cover, spreading. to suppress weeds. grass - tree 2. 808-811 Panning along basin access well slopes road. East vegetated to below South vegetation identifiable exceptions gramma, and stabilizing; The wheatgrass, inland majority sideoats are seed show saltgrass and poa, of grasses self the upper head - that blue gramma, alkali are sustaining. lacking but sacaton, prevalent; an 4 823-829 Panning from clockwise East from - South - 4. A NorthWest adjacent stockpile for good the composite stockpile is gun Reservoir acting range. view slopes area. as a of The bullet the and sand stop Location West 818 of view the of North Reservoir. Profile bank NorthWest 845 Osprey just nesting behind point box #4 This background box is visible in Photo in 830, the 5 830-832 Panning from with Agricultural Area North a clockwise view - Stockpile the irrigation Photo with flanking #832 return shows waters vegetation. the onset and of ditch the East of (3). Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 4 location Camera — 4: Photo Reference Point #'s: Orientation: Description/Notes: El , 833-835 & 838 Continuing the access the return recycling Pan ditch view from area. to of #838 water shows preparation ditch. resoiled flanking the Photo seedbed return and 842 Looking at Nesting the third box. This foreground box's pole of is Photo visible #830, in the above. Osprey 854 Looking the leading return prepared ditch. away along seedbed from the East 6 856 Looking West of South the Reservoir. at facing the landowner. Grasses sideoats Cover Toe of property is the dominate, and line stabilizing outer blue of the slope including gramma's. and adjacent spreading. ends at the outer slope SouthEast 861-863 Views West South inner SouthEast revealing and banks East - South the facing the - Vegetation spreading. is stabilizing Grasses and dominate. of East Reservoir. 865 - 866 Close-up Sideoats respectively. & Blue Gramma, 7 870-871 Views South middle the Reservoir. SouthWest along North inner the then bank of Grasses troubled annuals, flower. outer seen in banks are with including This thinned from an increase bind is visible this out point and in weed on the in as 872-873 Views North South of outer then bank. See note, above. 8 878-879 Approaching Location rap East 8 the improves as the Photo seen along south the - Rip and reservoir. below seen rap anticipated in reveals Phreatophytes the rip the NorthWest rap, the water similar more level optimum Reservoir. evident to of that the vegetation especially looking rip bank. of Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 5 location Camera #: Photo Reference Point it's: Orientation: Description,/Notes: Ef 881-882- 884-887 Panorama between Locations up edge road. midway 8 & from reservoir 9 to the the Photo's of grasses the reservoir. on Location stabilizing the Southwest reveal as outer the A bank at and tree an improved spreading landscape corner scape on the approach reservoirs of the appears departs cover to Photo leading water's perimeter access #9 corner. SouthEast 9 891 leading Nice North bank recycling cover along and access to area. looking the the road Notice the object in the road••• East 892 Object in the road. landscape. Blue White diverse completed owls, visitors Heron Osprey shown reservoirs Cormorant, fowl taking prowl and diverse common a walk. and the Pelican, and water and Bald Eagle, are occupants. 893 Looking back 8 well past toward and the spread take weeds their manifest, treatment as place. the is limiting spread Where mechanical their and Location Natives reservoir pump. 901-904 Panorama Location Recycling South leading road opens 9 10 from corner. clockwise West Area's the up Photo up from North Location - as from - to into - 26 access WCR the SouthEast 10 905-906, 908-909, 911 of - the Plant of Recycling the and Panorama end Area East Yard 912 the View along of reservoir the Recycling to the SouthEast the North as West flanks Area. bank it Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 6 Camera location r____ 4/: Photo Reference Point s: Orientation: Description/Notes: - # t 915 Looking midway North into Recycling Area from Reservoir toward to access the Agricultural flank back Area (3a) 1 11 923-925 Looking the the return North seed north flow toward bed bank the along of ditch. lower 927 Looking the along of from as the above. upper the th3e return West seed north same flow toward bed point bank 12 928-931, 933-935, 937 180 the of -degree NorthEast the Area 3 pan from corner Agricultural Storage Area - from - East South- West. 13 See Photo Location of Location of Released Von Ohlen Reference Reservoir. Point Aerial Map -fin- cc. Garrett C. Varra, Varra Companies, Inc. Attachments: • Photo Documentation Log Map, and related Digital Photographs • Updated List - Exhibit C - Owners of Record • Proof of Placement - Weld County Clerk to the Board Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project 7 OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 23 August 2018 Exhibit C — Pre -Mining & Mining Plan Map Updated Information from the 2011 Amendment - Exhibit C. Owners of Record to the Affected Land (Source: Property Owners from Weld County Assessor Records and Utilities Directly from Utility) — Phone Numbers will be Searched and Updated on Request: Name & Address Property Number 120931000051 Varra 8120 Companies, Gage Inc. St. Frederick, Telephone: CO 80516 303-666-6657 Other (Utilities, Roads, etc) Name and Address Weld County Dept. of Public ATTN: Don Carroll, Engineering Administrator P.O. Greeley, Box 758 Colorado 80632-0758 Works Road & Bridge — Right — -of -Way Kerr-McGee Onshore NOTE: LP Oil & Lines Plugged Gas & c/o P.O. Travis Box 173 Holland 779 Property Tax Denver, & 1099 Denver, CO 18th Street, Colorado 80217-3779 Ste. 1800 80202 Abandoned DCP Midstream ATTN: Right of Way Department 1324 North 7th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 Tri-State Transmission Generation & Association, Inc. P.O. Denver, Box 33695 Colorado 80234 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Xcel Energy ATTN: Right -of -Way Dept. P.O. Box 8 Eau Claire, WI 54702 Qwest ATTN: 12680 Greeley, Right County Colorado -of Road -Way Dept. 58 80634 United Power ATTN: Bill Meier 500 Cooperative Brighton, Colorado Way 80603 2235 Second Avenue Central District Weld County Water Greeley, Colorado 80631 St. Vrain Sanitation Dist. c/o Rob Fleck, Dist. Engineer 11307 Business Park Circle Firestone, Colorado 80504 P.O. Box 100 Firestone, Colorado 80520 Town of Firestone - Road Right -Of -Way Kerr-McGee Gathering, LLC 1099 18th Denver, Street, Colorado Ste. 1800 80202 Varra Companies, Inc. 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Office of Special Projects 8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 Fax (970) 353-4047 Wednesday 18 July 2018 Weld County Clerk to the Board 1150 O Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 RECEIVED JUL 18 2018 WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Subject: Varra Companies, Inc. - Amendment to M-1984-036 - Varra Resources Project 110 (a.k.a., Dakolios Pit). Materials submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (CRMS) — Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR): • Correspondence of 18 July 2018 from Varra Companies, Inc. to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation, with attachments. Attachments: • Correspondence of 18 July 2018 to Peter Hays, Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR) - Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety. • Correspondence of 18 July 2018 to Diana Aungst, Weld County Planning Services • Seed Mixture and Map from the approved 2013 Technical Revision. • Revised Seed Mixture and Map for the 2018 Technical Revision. • Proof of Placement with the Weld County Clerk to the Board. 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 By: -: l" I CR' , 2018 Office of the Weld County Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners PLAO1 I c Review O-11951 I g" cc.: PLC mm/ iP), C £R(CHf a rn,CK.) O?ticl/l g' 1 2018-2348 Varra Companies, Inc. OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS 8120 Gage Street Frederick, Colorado 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 e -Mail: bijforester c msn.com Wednesday 18 July 2018 To: From: Peter Hays, E.P.S. Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR, or 'the Office') Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St., #215 Denver, CO 80203 Varra Companies, Inc. Bradford Janes, Forester Liaison — Interdisciplinary Affairs Subject: Technical Revision to O1\11.8 Permit M-1981-036 - Varra Resources Project 110 (aka, Dakolios Project) — Status, Clarification, and Minor Changes to Site Preparations necessary for Final Release. Legal Description: Part of the NW4,SW4; NE4,SW4; & SE4, SW4; Section 31; all in Township 3 North, Range 67 West; 6th P.M.; Weld County, Colorado. General Location: South of St. Vrain Creek - East of WCR 13 Colorado Blvd. - North of WCR 26 - and, East of the St. Vrain Sanitation District Plant. Parcel Number(s): 1209-31-0-00-061; 1209-31-0-00-051; 1209-31-0-00-064. Total Acres: 120.00 Submitted, find one signed original and one copy of a Technical Revision for the above permit, along with the required S 216.00 Fee (Check #: 18862). Varra Companies, Inc. is preparing the above referenced project for final reclamation and release of the OMLR Permit referenced above. There remains a resident need to clarify the continuation of some activities commenced under the OMLR permit. To this end, Varra Companies met with Weld County Planning Staff to clarify the status of operations with Weld County once an OMLR release of the permit occurs. In a meeting with Kim Ogle and Diana Aungst on 3 May 2018, Kim verified that the planned post mine activities and uses do not require further permitting with Weld County. Specifically, recycling activities may continue under the authorization of the existing USR subsequent to the release of the permit by the OMLR. This acknowledgement is based upon an earlier understanding established in May 2011 with Planning Staff and Tom Parko, Director of Weld County Planning Services. 1 Further, on 31 May 2018, Diana Aungst, Weld County Planner and Floodplain Manager; indicated that no FHDP or other floodplain permitting are needed: • The Dakolios Map as approved by the OMLR by Technical Revision in 2013 is included with this correspondence for ease of reference. Also included as part of this Technical Revision is a revised map altering the relocation of the planned vegetative buffer strips (necessary to better protect the reclaimed seep/irrigation ditch traversing Area 3). Beyond that - no other changes are anticipated, with the exception of some clarifications, detailed as follows. • The two reservoirs shown (Areas 2 and 4) are completed and shorelines re - soiled and vegetated. The planned scalehouse and stockpile area surrounding it is outside and above the present day 10- year floodplain. • Area 1 is outside of the present day 100 -year floodplain. Weld County is aware and acknowledges that the existing scalehouse and yard that presently occupy this location, supports on -going and continuing recycling activities and will remain in place and active subsequent to planned OMLR release. The remainder of the focus is upon Area 3. • Area 3 outside the buffer strips pertains to: 1. Sub -area A: These are locations for planned agricultural stockpiles and mobile equipment which lie within the approximate 100 -year floodplain, consistent with that for common agricultural activities found in the A - Agriculture Zone. 2. Sub -area B: The location of the concrete and asphalt recycling processing equipment and stockpiles - which are also outside and above the approximate 100 -year floodplain - are activities consistent with that found in the A - Agriculture Zone and acknowledged as an allowed use under the existing Weld County USR 616; and will remain so subsequent to release of the OMLR permit. 3. Sub -area C: This is a defined area of a 4.0+/- acre buffer strip and vegetative filter to better stabilize and segregate lands from planned activities. The strip has been modified from the previous Technical Revision by changing the location of the buffer from along the southern boundary of the recycling area, to 25 feet either side of the existing buffer strip - where it will provide the greater benefit. Please refer to the revised Reclamation Plan Map included with this revision. • With the completion of grading, soiling, and revegetation of all areas other than the 4.0+ /- vegetative buffer of Area 3(c), no other reclamation activity remains. For this reason, the existing S87,200.00 financial warranty may be reduced to the current cost of seeding the 4.0+/- acre buffer strip, or $124.43/acre x 4 Acres Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project 2 OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 18 July 2018 of buffer, for a total warranty of $497.72 for seed (source: Buffalo Brand Seed, a.k.a, Sharp Bros. Seed; Greeley, CO) plus the cost of labor and equipment (tractor and drill) to accomplish the same. An updated and enhanced revegetation mixture is provided, along with current costs determined based on information gathered with the assistance of Sharp Brothers Seed in Greeley, CO. -fin- cc. Garrett C. Varra, Varra Companies, Inc. Diana Aungst, Weld County Department of Planning Services Weld County Clerk to the Board Attachments: • Technical Revision Fee in the Amount of $ 216.00 — Check # 48862. • Seed Mixture and Map from the approved 2013 Technical Revision. • Revised Seed Mixture and Map for the 2018 Technical Revision. • Correspondence of 18 July 2018 to Diana Aungst, Weld County Planning Services • Proof of Placement with the Weld County Clerk to the Board. Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project 3 OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 18 July 2018 Varra Companies, Inc. OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS 8120 Gage Street Frederick, CO 80516 Telephone (970) 353-8310 e -Mail: bljforester(n�msn.com Thursday 18 July 2018 To: Diana Aungst, Planner III Weld County - Dept. of Planning Services 1555 North 17th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 From: Varra Companies, Inc. Bradford Janes, Forester 3, Liaison — Interdisciplinary Affairs Subject: Pre -Release Considerations Weld County USR 616 - Technical Revision to OMLR Permit M-1984-036 - Varra Resources Project 110 (aka, Dakolios Project) - Status, Clarification, and Minor Changes to Site Preparations necessary for Final Release. Legal Description: Part of the NW4,SW4; NE4,SW4; & SE4, SW4; Section 31; all in Township 3 North, Range 67 West; 6`h P.M.; Weld County, Colorado. General Location: South of St. Vrain Creek - East of WCR 13 Colorado Blvd. - North of WCR 26 - and, East of the St. Vrain Sanitation District Plant. Parcel Number(s): 1209-31-0-00-061; 1209-31-0-00-051; 1209-31-0-00-064. Total Acres: 120.00 Attached is a copy of our planned Technical Revision to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR). You should find the application consistent with our meeting of 31 May 2018, that determined planned reclamation and planned uses of the location may proceed according to existing flood plain conditions reflected prior to the conclusion of the pending CHAMPS study for this stretch of St. Vrain Creek. As such, planned agricultural activities may proceed over the parcels, including Area 3 Part A — as reflected on the included map. Further, existing approved recycling plant and correlated stockpiles may proceed unimpeded subsequent to release of the location under the OMLR Permit — and consistent with the existing Weld County USR 616 within and correlated to the —10.0+1- acre Area 3 Part B. Area 1 scalehouse and associated activities will continue to support the planned and continuing activities of Area 3. All continuing uses are consistent with information provided and reviewed by Weld County Planning in May 2011. The Planning Department at that time determined that the activities described here -in did not rise to the need of a Minor Amendment with the Planning Department. The included map is consistent with information provided in May 2011, except that planned grassed buffer strips have been enhanced by changing the location of the 50 -foot grassed buffer. Instead of the planned buffer placement along the southern edge of the recycling yard, it will instead form a 50 -foot combined buffer at 25 feet in width along both banks of the existing drainage ditch that traverses the north boundary of the recycling yard. To better provide assurance to the OMLR as to our standing with Weld County, on your review of the Technical Revision submittal materials, please affirm via e -Mail or written correspondence that: 1. Weld County will not require an FHDP for planned reclamation; and, 2. Recycling activities and associated areas and facilities are authorized under the existing Weld County USR to continue post OMLR permit release. Please direct your correspondence or e -Mail to my attention at the address in the letterhead, above. Varra Companies, Inc., is grateful for your guidance and professional assistance as we transition back into agricultural activities. -fin- cc. Garrett C. Varra, Varra Companies, Inc. Peter Hays, Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation Weld County Clerk to the Board Enclosures: • Correspondence of 18 July 2018 to Peter Hays, Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation (OMLR) - Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety. • Seed Mixture and Map from the approved 2013 Technical Revision. • Revised Seed Mixture and Map for the 2018 Technical Revision. • Proof of Placement of the Technical Revision with the Weld County Clerk to the Board. Varra Companies, Inc. Parcel 122 — Resource Development Project 2 OMLR Permit M-1984-036 and Weld County USR 616 18 July 2018 Exhibit L - Table L-1- Pnmary/Preferred Re -vegetation Seed Mixture and Costs Species {Scientific Name} Species {Common Name} Variety Season No pls/# % Mix #pls/ Acre *Cost/# pls Total ($) _, Elytngia elongate- Tall wheatgrass Alkar ---- COOL _ ___ 79,000 - _ 20 ___ 4 4_ _ __4 65 20.46 Pamcum virgatum Switchgrass Blackwell WARM 389,000 20 0.9 10 25 9 22 Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss Sharps Impvd. WARM 56,000 15 4 7 6 90 32.43 Bouteloua curttpendula Sideoats grama Native WARM 191,000 15 1 4 6.90 9 66 Oryzopsis hymenoades Indian ncegrass El Vado COOL 141,000 10 1 2 7 50 9 00 Schazachyrium scoparium Little bluestem Cimarron WARM 260,000 10 0 7 12 60 8.82 Festuca ovma Sheep fescue VNS COOL 680,000 5 0 1 3 95 0.39 Bromus mermas Smooth brome Manchar COOL 125,000 02 0 3 4 80 1.44 Sporobolus airoides Alkali sacaton WARM 1,758,000 01 0.01* 28 50 0.28 Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand dropseed WARM 5,298,000 01 0 01* 2.70 0 03 Trifolium repens Strawberry clover O'Conner N fixer 300,000 01 0.06* 3 60 0.22 Sub -TOTAL 100 89.43 Mulch Substitute Regreen TM WheatXWheatgrass 10 00 3.50 35.00 TOTAL, per Acre = 124.43 Rates shown are based upon drilled rates Where broadcasting is necessary or preferred, rates will double Note (*) = Trace Some houses will not mix less than 0 1# Since species availability may vary, the operator may substitute species of similar utility The species described are therefore subject to change without revision to the permit Regreen is a substitute for the use of mulch, providing live stabilization that will die out within three years as the native grasses begin to express themselves The overall mixture is intended to provide ample genetic potential over highly variable soils with a reasoned mix of height, form, color, function (bunch and sod forming), and season (cool and warm season) Costs used two sources which will vary by season and availability, and, where cost was not available, a reasonable estimate was given based upon comparable species Varra Companies, Inc Permit M-1984-036 Technical Revision to OMLR Permit M-1984-036 - Varra Resources Project 110 (aka, Dakohos ProjectYUJIMP Revised Primary/Preferred Re -vegetation Seed Mixture and Costs Species {Scientific Name Species {Common Name} Variety % Mix #pls/Acre Panicum virgatum Switchgrass Trailblazer 20 0.9 Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama Vaughn 20 1.8 Festuca ovina Sheep fescue Covar 15 0.4 Oryzopsis hymenoides Indian ricegrass El Vado 15 1.9 Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama Lovington 10 0.2 Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem Pastura 05 0.7 Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass Livingston 05 0.05 Elytrigia elongate Tall wheatgrass Alkar 05 1.1 Bromus inermis Smooth brome Manchar 02 0.1 Sporobolus airoides Alkali sacaton 01 0.01 Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand dropseed 01 0.01 Trifolium repens Strawberry clover O'Conner 01 0.1 Sub -TOTAL 100 7.27 Mulch Substitute Regreen 7'm WheatXWheatgrass 10.00 TOTAL per Acre = Rates shown are based upon drilled rates. Where broadcasting is necessary or preferred, rates will double.Note: (*) = Trace. Some houses will not mix less than 0.1#. Since species availability may vary, the operator may substitute species of similar utility. The species described are therefore subject to change without revision to the permit. Regreen is a substitute for the use of mulch, providing live stabilization that will die out within three years as the native grasses begin to express themselves. The overall mixture is intended to provide ample genetic potential over highly variable soils with a reasoned mix of height, form, color, function (bunch and sod forming), and season (cool and warm season). Costs used two sources which will vary by season and availability; and, where cost was not available, a reasonable estimate was given based upon comparable species. Varra Companies, Inc. Technical Revision #3 Dakolios Pit — M1984-0036 April 2010 y •1 Iii rt1 1 • IIII • \ INI14.„ 11 'i L , tut x 4 II �— ti 1 IIII U. 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