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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20092057.tiffSTATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3567 FAX: (303) 832-8106 Notice of 110c Construction Materials Reclamation Permit Release Request Consideration DATE: August 4, 2009 TO: Weld County Commissioners County Commissioner 915 10th St Greeley, CO 80631 l l/J FROM: RE: ( 5 Eric C. Scott, Environmental Protection Specialist Weld County, Peters Pit. Permit No. M-1986-001 COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING — St — SAFETY Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor Harris D. Sherman Executive Director Ronald W. Cattany Division Director Natural Resource Trustee Please be advised that on July 23. 2009, Weld County, whose address and telephone number are 1111 H St. P.O. Box 758, Greeley, CO 80632; (970) 356-6496. submitted a request for full reclamation responsibility release for the Peters Pit. Permit No. M-1986-001. The construction materials extraction operation is located at or near Section 27, Township 12N, Range 63W, 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 be submitted within 15 days. The Division is required to wait 30 days after the release decision is made to allow for appeals. i-j)L I £ / t Z,c I 0 /7-C 2009-2057 Mined Land Reclamation Office of Office of Denver • Grand junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines Richard D. Lamm Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESO'''..CES David H. Getches. Executive Director MINED LAND ro DIVISION DAVID C. SHELTON, Directo 'JAN 2198G &.I FU LAND kWQL MAN SPEtYA' ' '°(1"t1�t" `�i�IT APPLICATION FORM Application for Mining and Reclamation Permit, pursuant to C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-101, et seq, as amended. rc Ric- 00 1 The following explanations cover Limited impact applications (ii0's) and Special (Ten -Day Processing - Ill's) applications. In the interest of efficient processing, please check the appropriate box to indicate which type of application you are applying for. 111 permits may be issued only under special circumstances 3e sure you are eligible. LU • 1:1-1 LIMITED IMPACT OPERATIONS must disturb less than ten acres (including all roads, stockpile areas and any other surface facilities) over the life of the mine, and must extract LESS THAN 70,000 tons of mineral, overburden or combination thereof per calendar year. If the affected area is some fraction greater than nine acres, be sure NOT to round this figure up to ten acres in the narratives or elsewhere. SPECIAL (ten-day processing) operations are any sand, gravel, or quarry aggregates operations which are to be operated for the sole purpose of obtaining materials for highway, road, utility, or similar -type construction under a Federal, State, county, city, town, or special district contract where the contract calls for work to be commenced within a specifically short time and which will affect ten acres or less (including all roads, stockpile areas, and any other surface facilities). INSTRUCTION: This application and all accompanying materials as outlined below must be submitted in duplicate. For further guidance, and information for Limited Impact Operations, see Rule 3 and for Special Permits, see Rule 4. (Type or Print Clearly) Name of operation (Pit, mine or site name) Peters Gravel Pit 2. Name of Applicant/Operator • (Name to be used on permit) Weld County, Colorado 423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (303) 866-3567 -2- 30 Address and Phone Number of Local Offices Weld County - Department of Engineering P. 0. Box 758 - 915 10th Street Greeley, CO 80631-0758 - Phone 356-4000 ex 4750 4. Address and Phone Number of General Offices Same as above 5. Name and Phone Number of Person Staff Members Should Contact Dean Dreher, Civil Tech Kenney Schraeder, Mining Supervisor 6. Owner(s) of Record of Affected Iand (surface area) (If more than 2, list below) John Peters Peters 313 Ranch Carpenter, WYO 82054 7. Owner(s) of Substance to be Mined Same as above (If more than 2, list below) 8. Source of Legal Right -To -Enter (Indicate what type of proof is included in EXHIBIT G - lease, deed, notarized letter, etc.) Gravel lease (5 years) 9. Type of Mine and Substance to be Mined (Specify underground, open pit, quarry, etc. & substance(s) to be mined) Open Pit - Sand & Gravel 10. General Location and Elevation (Miles & direction from nearest town & approximate site elevation) 6 miles west of Hereford WCR 136% and 69 Elevation- 5440 ft. 11. County Weld 12. Acrezce of Affected Lands ( 1 surface acreage to be it zed in permit) 4.02 acres 13. AID; ration Fee (See applicable Rul , o determine amount) • Pursuant to rule 3.12 section 110(9) If the operator is a unit of county government, an application shall not be -3- 14. Present Land Use (i.e., agricultural, industrial, etc.) Gravel breaks in prairie Proposed Future Lard Use (Goal of reclamation) Prairie gr sland EXHIBIT A - Legal Description The legal description must identify the affected land and be wholly adequate for field location of the property. It can be in the form of metes & bounds survey or a description by reference to township, range, and section, to at least the nearest quarter -quarter section. Where applicable, the street address or lot number(s) may be used. EXHIBIT B - Mining Plan This can be a general discussion of the methods, equipment, phases or stages of the operation and those areas of land affected by each. The plan should be correlated with the map and should show where extraction will begin, and which direction, if any, it •ll proceed. EXHIBIT C - Map This map should clearly define the permit boundaries and contain sufficient information to determine the location of the affected land on the ground and existing and proposed roads or access routes to be used in connection with the mining operation. All immediately adjacent landowners of record must be shown. The quarter section corner, section line, or any other locatable points should also be shown on this map. EXHIBIT D - Wildlife, Water Resources, Vegetation and Soils Information Each of the above -mentioned subjects must be addressed as outlined in the applicable Rule. EXHIBIT E - Reclamation Plan As with the mining plan, this should be a general discussion of the methods, equipment, phases or stages of the reclamation process and those portions of land affected by each. If possible, the plan should be closely correlated with the map. If not, the narrative must be comprehensive enough to draw an accurate verbal picture of the expected appearance of the area after completion of reclamation. • -4- E• BIT F - Proof of Compliance with Local Government Zoning In accordance with 34-32-115(4)(e), the Board must make a finding that the operation will be in compliance with local zoning or subdivision regulations. You are not required to submit this information, but a submission would assist the Division's processing of the application. When the Division notifies the local government of the existence of this application, it will request information regarding compliance with applicable local law. It is intended that operators may concurrently come into compliance with local requirements at the same time the Division is processing this application. Information regarding the status with local government will be helpful. EXHIBIT G - Source of Legal Right -to -Enter This could :e a copy of the lease, deed, abstract of title, or current tax receipt. An acceptable alternative would be a statement acknowledged by a Notary Public that the operator has the legal right to enter the mine. EXHIBIT H - Reclamation Costs For a 110 permit, if the operator requests financial warranty to be less than $5,000.00, the operator must submit facts to support such a request. Otherwise, a financial warranty of $5,000.00 will automatically be set. For all 111 permits, the financial warranty shall be $2,500.00 per acre. 4,01IBIT I - Terms of Governmental Contracts (111 Applications only) For Special 10 -Day (111) permits, the operator must submit a copy of the contract or other proof that proves the necessity of a Special 10 -day permit. The operator must also submit evidence of the financial warranty provided under the governmental contract, if it was required. NOTICE PROCEDURES After the application is considered "filed" (pursuant to Rule 1.1(10) with the Mined Land Reclamation Division, notice procedures outlined in rule 3.2 and/or 4.2 must be followed. (format for such notices will be included in the letter you receive from. the MLR staff informing you of the Completeness ("filing") of your application.) FINANCIAL WARRANTY All applicants must submit a financial warranty in an amount determined by the Board Prior to permit issuance. The law and regulations allow for several different types of financial warranty. You should determine what type of financial warranty you desire to use and obtain the appropriate forms from the Mined Land Reclamation Division during the application review period to facilitate finalization of an acceptable financial warranty and permit issuance. For 111 applications, financial warranty must be submitted before .the application can be considered complete. -5- • COLORADO WATER LAWS The permittee is encouraged to contact the State Engineer, with regard to the administration of water rights, and the Colorado Department of Health, with regard to the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the State. Violation of Colorado water laws could result in enforcement actions taken by the State Engineer and/or the Colorado 2coartmect of Health. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This space can be referenced for further information of any of the items on this form. To the best of my knowledge, all the information presented in this application is true and correct. Date: // — 26 — YS By: (0. 7/84) Doc. No. 5545 Cv i/ Title EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION • • • A parcel of land located in the North half of the Southeast Quarter (N15SEk) of Section 27, Township 12 North, Range 63 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado, being more particularly descrbied as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner (S.E.Cor.) of said Section 27 and considering the South line of said Section 27 as bearing North 90 00'00" West and with all other bearings contained herein relative thereto: Thence North 34°23'59" West, 1933.25 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence North 17027'09" East,_414.00 feet; Thence South 75°24'19" East. 492.17 feet; Thence South 0309'56" West, 253.90 feet; Thence South 88 14'41" West, 584.77 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. Said described parcel contains 4.02 acres, more or less, and is subject to any rights -of -way or other easements as recorded by instruments of record or as now existing on said described parcel of land. SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE 1 do hereby certify that I have prepared this plat and legal description from an actual and accurate survey of the land completed on March 20, 1985 and that the corner pins shown hereon were properly placed under my supervision. VICINITY MAP SCALE: I"=2000' Acq • RAVE J i PPITSITE,r PETERS f wC 13442 r PIPCIIME 1 CUMMINS _ I VICINITY MAP PETERS GRAVEL PIT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO November 19, 1985 Hello