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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20121593.tiff STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION,MINING AND SAFETY WELD of Natural Resources COUNTY 1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 COMMISSIONERS nOLORADO Denver,Colorado 80203 Phone:(303)866-3567 2011 JUU 22 A 50 FAX:(303)832-8106 t RECEIVED John W.Hickenlooper Governor Mike King Notice of 112c Construction Materials Executive Director Loretta E.Pineda Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration Director DATE: June 19, 2012 TO: Weld County Commissioners County Commissioner 915 10th St Greeley, CO 80631 �,,✓� E FROM: Eric C. Scott, Environmental Protection Specialist RE: Twin Peaks Excavating Inc, Olson Pit, Permit No. M-1980-160 Please be advised that on June 19, 2012, Twin Peaks Excavating Inc, whose address and telephone number are 833 Colorado Highway 52 , Erie, CO 80516; (303) 589-2030, submitted a request for partial acreage release for the Olson Pit, Permit No. M-1980-160. The construction materials extraction operation is located at or near Section 20, Township 2N, Range 68W, 06th Prime 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 he submitted as soon as possible. The Division is required to wait 30 days after the release decision is made to allow for comments or objections. (c 37-1 3 - _1a 2012-1593 Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY RECEIVED Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 q q / Denver,Colorado 80203 NOV 2 O 2003 DIVISION OF Phone:(303)866-3567 MINERALS FAX:(303)832-8106 & FILE COPY Division if Minerals and Geology GEOLOGY RECLAMATION FOR SCANNING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MININc•sAFErr REGULAR(112)OPERATION Bill Owens RECLAMATION PERMIT APPLICATION FORM Governor Greg E.Watcher Executive Director CHECK ONE: X There is a File Number Already Assigned to this Operation Ronald W.Cattany Permit# M -80 . 1 60 (Please reference the file number currently assigned to this operation) Acting Division Director New Application(Rule 1.4.5) X Amendment Application(Rule 1.10) Conversion ration(Rule 1.11) Permit# M - 8 0 - 1 6 0V-- (provide for Amendments and Conversions of existing pencils) The application for a Construction Materials Regular 112 Operation Reclamation Permit contains three major parts:(1)the application form; (2)Exhibits A-S,Addendum I,any sections of Exhibit 65(Geoteebnical Stability Exhibit;and(3)the application fee. When you submit your application,be sure to include one(1)complete signed and notarized IVORY ORIGINAL and ale(I)copy of the completed Ivory application form,two(2)copies of FxMbits A-S,Addendum 1,appropriate sections of 6.5(Gooto 1mical Stability Exhibit,and a check for the application fee described under Section(4)below. Exhibits should NOT be bound min a 3-ring binder maps should be folded to S 1/2"X II"or 8 1/2" X 14"size. To expedite processing,please provide the information in the format and order described in this form. GENERAL OPERATION INFORMATION Type or print clearly,in the space provided,ALL information requested below. 1. Applicant/operator or company name(name to be used on permit): Twin Peaks Excavating. Inc, '-"*" 1.1 Type of organization(corporation,partnership,etc.): A Colorado Corporation 1.2 I.R.S.Tax I.D.No.or Social Security Number: 2. Operation name(pit,mine or site namel: Olson P i t 3. Permitted acreage(new or existing site)) 39.39 permitted acres 3.1 Change in acreage(+) 1 3 . 3 5 acres 3.2 Total acreage in Permit area 5 2.7 4 acres 4. Fees: 4.1 New Application $2.344.00 application fee 4.2 New Quarry Application 52906.00 quarry application 4.4 Amendment Fee S1.938.00 amendmeatfec 4.5 Conversion to 112 operation(set by statute) 52,344.00 conversion fee 5. Primarvcommoddie(s)tobemiaed: Sand and Gravel 5.1 Incidental commoditie(s)to be mined: 1. - IbstTons/yr 2. / IbsiTgusty 3. / Its/fons/vr 4. 1 lbs/Tons/vr 5. / Ibs/fonslvr - 1480 - /60 RECEIVED DEC 0 2 2003 -2- Division of Minerals and Geology 6. Name of owner of subsurface tights of affected land: Kenneth L. . and Judith A. Schell If 2 or more owners,"refer to Exhibit O". 7. Name of owner of surface of affected land: Kenneth L. . and Judith - & Srha11 8. Type of mining operation: X- Surface Underground 9. );.oration Information: The center of the area where the majority of mining will occur. COUNTY: Weld PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN(check one): X 6th(Colorado) 10th(New Mexico) Ute SECTION(writenumber): S 17 & 20 TOWNSHIP(write number and check direction): T 2 X North _South RANGE(write number and check direction): It 6 8 _East X West QUARTER SECTION(check one): (S-20) X NE NW X SE SW (S-17) QUARTER/QUARTER SECTION(check one): X. NE _NW X SE _413ENERAI,DESCRIPTION:(the member of miles and direction from the nearest town and the approximate elevation):The Olson Pit is located approximately 2. 5 miles southeast of Longmont ,rnlnradn at an elevation of 4888 feet. 10. Primary future(Post-minting)land use(check one): Cropland(CR) Pastureland(PL) — General Agriculture(GA) _ Rangeland(RL) _ Forestry(FR) X WildlifeIlabitat(WL) Residential(RS) _ Recreatioa(RC) _ Indastrial/CommercialaC) Developed Water Resources(WR) _ Solid Waste Disposal(WD) 11. Primary present land use(check one): v Cropland(CR) _ Pastureland(PL) X General Agriculture(GA) Rangeland(RL) Forestry(FR) _ WtidlifeHabitar(WL) _ Residential(RS) _ Recreation(RC) Ind u;tral'Commercial(IC) _ Developed Water Resources(WR) 12. Method of Minim.: Briefly explain mining method(e.g.truck/shovel): Excavation with front end loader with conveyor transport of excavated sand and gravel to an off-site pro- cessing plant 13. On Site Processin4: NO Crushing/Screening 13.1 Briefly explain mining method(e.g.truckishovel): List any designated chemicals or acid-producing materials to be used or stored within permit area: None • - 3 - 14. Correspondence Information: APPLICANT/OPERATOR (name,address,and phone of name to be used on permit) Contact's Name: Kenny Schell Title:President Company Name: Twin Peaks Excavating, Inc. Street/P.O.Box: 1500 Overlook Drive P.O.Box: City: Lafayette State: Colorado Zip Code: 80026 Telephone Number: 1 303 1- 589-2030 Fax Number: ( 303 1- 828-3345 PERMITTING CONTACT (if different from applicant/operator above) Contact's Name: Michael J. (Mike) Hart Titie:Principal Company Name: Hart Environmental Street/P.O.Box: P.O.Box: 1 3 0 3 City: Boulder State: Colorado ZipCode: 80306 Telephone Nmnber. 1 303 )- 444-6602 FaxNnmber: ( 303 )- 402-9049 INSPECTION CONTACT Contact's Name: Mike Hart Tide: Company Name: Same as Above Street/P.O.Box: P.O.Box: City: State: Zip Code: Telephone Number: ( )- Fax Number: ( )- CC: STATE OR FEDERAL LANDOWNER(if anyl Agency: Street: City: State: Zip Code: Telephone Number: ( I- CC: STATE OR FEDERAL DERAL LANDOWNER(if any) Agency: Street: City: State: Zip Code: Telephone Number. ( )- • q — 15. Description of Amendment or Conversion: If you are amending or convening an existing operation,provide a brief narrative describing the proposed change(s). The new owners of the subject property desire to create additional wild- life habitat on their property by adding 13.35 acres to the existing DMG Permit in order to mine an additional 10. 2 acres of their property. Maus and Exhibits: Five(5)complete,unbound application packages must be submitted. One complete application package consists of a signed application form and the set of maps and exhibits referenced below as Exhibits A-S,Addendum 1,and the Geotechnical Stability Exhibit. Each exhibit within the application must be presented as a separate section. Begin each exhibit on a new page. Pages should be numbered consecutively for ease of reference. If separate documents are used as appendices,please reference these by name in the exhibit. With each of the five(5)signed application forms,you must submit a corresponding set of the maps and exhibits as described in the following references to Rule 6.4,6.5,and 1.6.2(t)(b): EXHIBIT A Legal Description EXHIBIT B Index Map EXHIBIT C Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Map(s)of Affected Lands EXHIBIT D Mining Plan EXHIBIT E Reclamation Plan EXHIBIT F Reclamation Plan Map EXHIBIT G Water Information EXHIBIT Ii Wildlife Information EXHIBIT I Soils Information EXHIBIT J Vegetation Information EXHIBIT K Climate Information EXHIBIT L Reclamation Costs EXHIBIT M Other Permits and Licenses EXHIBIT N Scarce of Legal Right-To-Enter EXHIBIT O Owners of Record of Affected Land(Surface Area)and Owners of Substance to be Mined EXHIBIT P Municipalities Within Two Miles E XI-IIBIT Q Proof of Mailing of Notices to Coecty Commissioners and Conservation District EXHIBIT It Proof of Filing with County Clerk or Recorder EXHIBIT S Permanent Man-Made Structures Rule I.6.2(1)(b) ADDENDUM 1-Notice Requirements(sample enclosed) Rale 6.5 Geoteclmical Stability Exhibit(any required sections) The instructions for preparing Exhibits A-S,Addendum 1,and Ceotechnical Stability Exhibit are specified under Rule 6.4 and 6.5 and Rule 1.6.2(1)(b)of the Rules and Regulations. If you have any questions on preparing the Exhibits or content of the information required, or would lice to schedule a pre-application meeting you may contact the Office at 303-866-3567. • -5- Responsibilities as a Permittee: Upon application approval and permit issuance,this application becomes a legally binding document. Therefore,there are a number of important requirements which you, as a permittee, should fully understand. These requirements are listed below. Please read and initial each requirement,in the space provided,to acknowledge that you understand your obligations. If you do not understand these obligations then please contact this Office for a full explanation. 1. Your obligation to reclaim the site is not limited to the amount of the financial warranty. You assume legal liability for all reasonable expenses which the Board or the Office may incur to reclaim the affected lands associated with your mining operation in the event your permit is revoked and financial warranty is forfeited; 2. The Board may suspend or revoke this permit,or assess a civil penalty,upon a finding that the pennittceviolated the terms or conditions of this permit,the Act,the Mineral Rules and Regulations,or that information contained in the application or your permit misrepresent important material facts; [C , _ 3. If your mining and reclamation operations affect areas beyond the boundaries of an approved permit boundary, substantial civil penalties,to you as permittee can result; KS 4. Any modification to the approved mining and reclamation plan from those described in your approved application requires you to submit a permit modification and obtain approval from the Board or Office; A 5. It is your responsibility to notify the Office of any changes in your address or phone number; 6. Upon permit issnanre and prior to beginning on-site mining activity,you must post a sign at the entrance of the mine site,which shall be clearly visible from the access road,with the following information(Rule 3.1.12): • a. the name of the operator; b. a statement that a reclamation permit for the operation has been issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board;and, ,/( c. the permit number. FJ 7. The boundaries of the permit boundary area must be marked by monuments or other markers that are clearly visible and adequate to delineate such boundaries prior to site disturbance. S 8. It is a provision of this permit that the operations will be conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in your application,as well as with the provisions of the Act and the Construction Material Rules and Regulations in effect at the time the permit is issued. -6- 9. Annually,on the anniversary date of permit issuance,you must submit an annual fee as specified by Statute,and an annual report which includes a map describing the acreage affected and the acreage reclaimed to date(if there are changes from the previous year), any monitoring required by the Reclamation Plan to be submitted annually on the anniversary date of the permit approval. Annual fees are for the previous year a permit is held. For example,a permit with the anniversary date of July 1, 1995,the annual fee is for the period of July 1, 1994 through June 30, 1995. Failure to submit your annual fee and report by the permit anniversary date may result in a civil penalty,revocation of your permit,and forfeiture of your financial warranty. It is your responsibility,as the permittee,to continue to pay your annual fee to the Office until the Board releases you from your total reclamation responsibility. 10. For joint venture/partnership operators:the signing representative is authorized to sign this document and a power of attorney(provided by the partner(s))authorizing the signature of the representative is attached to this application. Permit Condition: Please read and initial this condition, in the space provided, to acknowledge that you understand your obligation. If you do not understand your obligation then please contact this Office for a full explanation. +� A reportable spill is a spill of any toxic or hazardous substance(including spills of petroleum products)within the mined land permit area reportable to any Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, the National Response Center, the Colorado Emergency Planning Commission, any local Emergency Planning Commission,local Emergency Planning Committee,or the State Oil Inspector. The Mine Operator shall notify the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) of a reportable spill within the mined land permit area using the same timeframe required by the permit,licence,notice,statute,rule or regulation governing the reporting of the spill to the other appropriate agency. Notice of a reportable spill shall be FAXed to: Minerals Program Supervisor,Division of Minerals and Geology,FAX(303)8324106. The FAX shall include a call-back number of a responsible company official for DMG staff to use as a contact. NOTE TO COMMENTORS/OBJECTORS: It is likely there will be additions,changes,and deletions to this document prior to final decision by the Office. Therefore,if you have any comments or concerns you must contact the applicant or the Office prior to the decision date so that you will know what changes may have been made to the application document. The Office is not allowed to consider comments,unless they are written, and received prior to the end of the public comment period. You should contact the applicant for the final date of the public comment period. If you have questions about the Mined Land Reclamation Board and Office's review and decision or appeals process,you may contact the Office at(303)866-3567. )71- /98O -l6a RECEIVED DEC 0 2 2003 Certification: Division of Minerals and Ger:ic(, As an authorized representative of the applicant,I hereby certify that the operation described has met the minimum requirements of the following terms and conditions: 1. To the best of my knowledge,all significant,valuable and permanent man-made structures)in existence at the time this application is filed,and located within 200 feet of the proposed affected area have been identified in this application (Section 34-32.5-115(4)(e),C.R.S.). 2. No mining operation will be located on lands where such operations we prohibited by law(Section 34-32.5-115(4)(f),C.RS.; 3. As the applicant/operator,I do not have any extraction/exploration operations in the State of Colorado currently in violation of the provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials(Section 34-32.5420;C.R.S.)as determined through a Board finding. - 4. 1 understand that statements in the application are being made under penalty of perjury and that false statements made herein are punishable as a Class 1 minor pursuant to Section 18-8-503,CRS. • r Signed and dated this O day of October 2003 ; S al'��), V Y Twin Peaks Excavating, Inc. If Corporation Attest(Seal) '•, Applicant/Operator or Company Name c;r;` • Signed: (e---st c • So pa— Signed:, Keth L. Schell to Secretary or Equivalent Tide: President Town/City/County Clerk State of Colorado )ss County of on Mit The foregoing iostimnent was acknowledged/Kole 01-)491.—me this 01-)491.— of October 2 0 0 3 by y lun v\h., i. ?)(In.Q.Q,Q a ),1421-; car-..* of_.. .JGp,LON°12, crf AR 3:. PUBLI �pa Pc •,49�F`••....0•*wQ�missionexpQes:� J —' i44F,pmloo SIGNATURES MUST BE IN BLUE INK MAmin'harafonCmractim um.aoc MI5/20011 Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology Sales Receipt 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 DATE SALE NO. 11/20/2003 11061 SOLD TO Lafarge West,Inc TWIN PEAKS EXCAVATING CHECK#/CASH 011718 DESCRIPTION NOTE AMOUNT Min: Amendment M-1980-160 1,938.00 Total 51,938.00 EXHIBIT A (OLSON-DMG PERMIT BOUNDARY) LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Description of a parcel of land located in the NE 1/4 of Section 20, and in the SE 1/4 of Section 17, all in T 2 N, R 68 W of the 6th P.M. , County of Weld, State of Colorado, being more particularly described as follows: Considering the East line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 17 as bearing N00°25'35"W and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto; Beginning at the Northeast Corner of said Section 20; Thence SOO°14 '01"W, along the East line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 20, 1328.19 feet to the Southeast Corner of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 20; Thence N89°48' 37"W, along the South line of the Northeast one- quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 20, 1330.78 feet to the Southwest Corner of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 20; Thence N00°14 '30"E, along the West line of the Northeast one- quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 20, 836.78 feet; • Thence N79°13'02"E, 164.83 feet; Thence S79°50'46"E, 173. 16 feet; Thence N11°36'57"E, 1427. 61 feet; Thence N38°32'42"E, 350. 00 feet to a point on the Southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Railroad; Thence S51°27 ' 18"E, along the Southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Railroad and parallel with the centerline of said railroad, 625. 00 feet to a point on the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 17; Thence S00°25' 35"E, along the East line of the Southeast one- quarter of said Section 17, 795. 99 feet to the point of beginning. CONTAINING 52.74 Acres, more or less. Revised May 14, 2003, by Robert M. Sayre, Colorado Registered Land Surveyor No. 11372, from mapping by Ronald W. Adams, RLS 13446, Job No. 580-2312 dated February, 1980. 3.0 EXHIBIT B-INDEX MAP TOPOI m6, Olson Pit Index Maps„iuded w ,10 .0000 w 105"03'00"W 105.02'00•W = ' •NA � • ‘1/ se .' • lf ss VS . v' 4/ • �/ '7\ e I. . •!!I. i• ! • i . _al. 1 - --�_ IB 5, 17 16 16 •♦ a r _ j t - I/ y / a - �r- f' 2 .� 22 19 -...,:- = •20 _. 21/ �.). r r 19 'V / 2-1 ' _ Cy k _ e. z o o •-...---"Z-4;s �: / _ � ... Wady ' / • \ I. it- to PG ldy / c----/ I / • `2$ _ st ST , n 105.03'00•w 105.02'00•V 305°010'•0 w WG5o4 105600'00"W s +aE 'Pr L...los RH 9 an comas Ilan.w...ea?nervosa Sam vr�n..are-•.s..r—....�L�...... Hello