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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20040164.tiff 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPT0N PAGE 03 \S� 0ip oplo City of fort Lupton 18 rA : 36 THE"PROUD TO BE"CITY IA CIUDAD"ORGULLOSA DE sir 'NOKORI NO'MACHI P.O. Box 148 County of Weld 130 S.McKinley Avenue (303)857.6644 �0L0RA0� Fort Lupton,Colorado 80621 Fax(303)857-0351 Palformance.integrity.Teamwork Accountability sad Service st: A ni{1 !k O /l Carl B- Mount e C, �1_��✓1 I Division of Minerals and Geology P*++na cram, 1313 Sherman St- Room 215 f^ 2 6- d Denver,CO 80203 January 5, 2004 Ai RE! Aggregatelndustries, Permit No.M-19-89-120,.Revisiori No.AR-1 Dear Mr. Mount: Aggregate industries has requested the permit for their site South of WCR6 and West of US Highway 85 in Weld County be increased by 49 acres.areas citizen's and quality of life and economic climate are very dependant on the agricultural nearby, highways,around and through our community. The citizens of Fort Lupton,its Planning Commission,and its City Council have serious concerns with the addition and expansion of numerous gravel pits along the Platte Valley surrounding this community. This expansion has caused increased dust pollution. threatened domestic wells,and increased heavy truck traffic on roads and highways already having serious safety and maintenance issues. This expansion is chilling other kinds of economic development more beneficial to consumers and landowners. Whatever restrictions and protections have been previously required have been inadequate to address these concerns. For example, off-road clouds of dust from the existing site obscure traffic,and on-road did from a cloud of dust and debris every time a truck pulls onto Highway 85 from the site is a well known fact for motorists on Road 6 and Highway 85 and surrounding residents. The threat of deteriorating well water quality affects the entire area. Trucks impede the flow of traffic, cause accidents,and deteriorate roads that have no source of funds to fix them. No one is optimistic about land use planning with ever increasing pits of water and mountains of gravel as a backdrop. If these expansions cannot be halted,then increased restrictions and protections for these concerns must be implemented on expanded areas. Protections are needed to mitigate the hazards caused now, as well as enforceable requirements for future reclamation to encourage development beneficial,for the whole area. Sincerely yours. S.0244.?g-e( S. David Norcross,Mayor EXHIBIT E Amuse 4-gos ;Key-e'-ii 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 04 5.0 Updated Land Use Plan e""• • SA Fort Lupton Urban Growth Boundary/Weld County Referral Area/ Well Head Protection Ana There have been recent discussions with Weld County and other communities about establishing botmdanies firplanwng and growthmanaganent.Figure4showstwo sutbotmdaiies'theFatlar}xonUrban CuowthBotmdary(Utban Growth Bamdary)and the Weld CamtyReferalArea Area). The thban GrowthBoundarybegioswithiandscliacentto thcatYind ennwigoutwardtoineLrdeiheprefetred5rture "urban"gowth area ofthe City over thenext 25 years.-Utility services could be provided to development within this area in the near future and,therefore,the City has planned land uses for it. The City will not consider development outside this area within the next five years. TheRefit:7 g Area buts with laod a4acent to the Urban Growth Barodaty andtamdsautward to the City's previously established thme-mt e tumexation boundary limit(WddCotmty Road 22onthenorth, WddCoim tyRoad6onthesouds.WeldCountyRoad 19 onthewest and Weld CountyRoad 37 onthe east). It is possible that this area will eventually be incorporated into theCity. h is therefore the goal of the City and the County to preclude.premature non-City development ofanurban or suburban nature in these areas. .4 In addition,the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has defined,based on modeling performed by the Central and Northern Colorado Water'Conservancy Districts,a Well Head 4 gb :,. Protection Area(Protection Area)forFonLupton. This Protection Area,whichis shown on Figure 4,has ,ti -V6-443 eats 9(rovq been identified as an area from whi htieFortLuptonnamicipalwellsdrawtheurwaterandfromwhichthe 1 %°'i South Platte Alluvial Aquifer is recharged. Protection of the City's groundwater resources is especially it K?,L!�N arum° critical in this area, since contamination will pollute the City's well water supply and result in -7 er4 potentially expensive treatment costs for the City in the firture. .. The sty should carefully evahtate all development within this area as ameans of protecting its 'groundwater resources from fiuther degradation. For that portion of the Protection Area that falls outside the Urban Growth Boundaiy,but inside the Referral Area,the City should include in its evolving intergovernmental agreement with Weld County the Mowing provisions: City review of all proposed development within the Referral Area;and,County admowledgement that it will consider,in its review of any proposed development within the Referral Area,the impact of development on the quality of the City's groundwater resources. Leach fields, feed lots, or certain industries, if allowed to be constructed in the Protection Area,may have a detrimental effect on Fort Lupton's groundwater supply. Fraam A1'I 96- 09s CRtv1S&a)Resd ce ion ea-oat/ Ado;Hung tine ('i41 a.r Flt, Lkelon tea NSG F? aAr APpRaVtel 7 --Z3 - q- , t-ren S .Pa.4J hioRcQOSi , nevelt. 5-1 G .C . Wtie. GowALy f•ab-o1h' 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 05 RECEIVED MAY 2 6 1994 ° ,L�-rr.-c� o�'r?w<:..: "�c 'X"4�,'4Y T �. r , . :i: raw ' }. . Cd COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT is P 0 I3ua b79 1eveland,,Colondo 8053906]9 1250 Noah Wilma i ,a ..- Phone(303)667 2437 FAX(}03)663.6902 May 24, 1994 Mr. Gerald Fineau murcroas City Administrator remem WNiv P.O. Sox 148 aRb,,,`/,r, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621 aoa.. Dear Gerald: wtwRaomrrr " • N ,xt Ann _ Enclosed is a map showing the proposed well head protection area for .ra.+.w x:...+ the City of Ft. Lupton's municipal wells. The blue line represents. nieco"ew the boundary. The west boundary is the South Platte River and the WF;' east boundary is the Fulton Ditch. The north boundary is the half WASNn16TONAND section line in sections 31, 32, and 33 of T2N-R66W. The south YORE COUNTIES boundary line is the south section line in sections 17 and 18 of EL Corm T1N-R66W. The five Ft. Lupton wells that were modeled are shown as LOGANCOUT", red dots on this map. Also enclosed are overlays for the winter and Nita Cosa summer pumping seasons showing the capture sons for the wells based SEDCIftICCOUNIT on the modeling. e e„c For your reference, I have also included,Exhibit 8 which shows the specified wall head protection area (outlined in yellow) that was designated last year by the Water Quality Control Division. This Exhibit also shows the capture zones that were modeled by the OFFICERS Division. As we discussed at the Monday meeting, the main difference MMalEau,4,ftsidcm is that the newly proposed boundary only goes to the South Platte ILO..* River on the west. VI=Pnaavn '"r a'INa""" Hopefully the enclosed map of the newly proposed area is detailed Swart Ch xAt„,d,,, enough so that your staff can resolve any land ownership issues or Tom++ other concerns. Please contact me with any cements or questions. I look forward to seeing you on June 7 to discuss well head protection with you and your Board. Sincerely, wa,.'M1..&R ..PL- wwa.--`em "''.'.`::: Jon Altenhofen, PE Senior Water Resources Engineer Enclosures (4) CONSULTANT A RMaT 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 06 72 u,+. II., 1 11 i i • • •i � II RR . '• J y + ..5n 1 vi IC R i 4 /_ .. �, 1WC �� / ')1,, NI S. }.'.' �I, • •.1 it •'' `� ��/ -aL- J , ti • .. -, I --P, ,' ' r Traiiar - i 3-•—_ //�- '� / • 4 _ , j 'I-- Park ' ( '� L �, �.l f l `r / I n ,fit IJI po_•1�. t1�1 • l'�.y / - ) fa � vY ` f nom• 11I o ' 13 ;' = L,yit +. • ,, .wet _r:—.14 ,"'\ n it . • .I. 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Kevin Darst 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 10 not Kama Donn 970416-0969 To:D6Md Nau063 Deb:11=2004 tome:1131:34NA care 2 of a By Kevin Dart The Daily Times-Call BRIGHTON—The mounds of dirt piled 20 feet high on the South Platte River's flood plain in southern Weld County represent progress to some,destruction to others. Near the dirt mounds,pits 30 feet deep reveal sand and gravel tens of thousands of years old and once past of the Rooky Mountains that,through time, fell away from the range in boulder-sized chunks that were whisked downstream by the river,bouncing and breaking until the material reached its current size and place in Colorado's most populated basin. As the state grew,so did demand for sand, gravel and crushed stone,also called aggregate.Mining companies bought land along the state's rivers and streams,where most of Colorado's sand and gravel deposits lie,and pulled aggregate from pits dug in the ground. Now,along the South Platte River,aggregate producers—who mined 45 million tons of aggregate statewide worth$320 million in 2002,making the industry more lucrative than metal mining in the state—are moving north into Weld County after exhausting or staking claim to the deposits in Adams County.While the move could mean cheaper roads and buildings for Weld County,it has been met with resistance from farmers who say the mines dry up area groundwater,municipalities that claim the mines aren't compatible with existing and figure land use,and environmental agencies worried about the impact to wetlands and water quality. The South Platte along U.S. Highway 85—near one of the state's fastest-growing areas— is prime real estate tbt mining complain because aggregate Will p tidly sling flood plain of the river and shipping costs can quickly double or triple the price of aggregate. "The main reason the industry's moving is,that's where the resources are,"said Mike Refer,vice president for administration and public relations at Aggregate Industries,a Denver-based gravel company."The industry's just chasing the sand and gravel down the river." Cs A computer-generated groundwater model won't change Torn Spain's mind about the effects of gravel mining on irrigation wells in southern Weld and northern Adams counties. Spain,who needs more abbreviations after his name to qualify as an expert hydrologist but has 40 years of empirical knowledge drilling wells southern Weld and northern Adams counties, is certain that wells in the area are drying up as gavel mines in the region along the South Platte River proliferate. 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 11 Prom Ken On 970.4150958 To:David Norcross Data 11212004 Tma 11:05:04 PM Peee 3 de "They're killing them,"said Spain,who admits the problem has meant more business for hint Industry consultants disagree with Spain's characterization but agree mining can temporarily affect the groundwater table near a pit ar series of pits. Despite never admitting that their nearby Platte Valley mine south of Fort Lupton was to blame,Aggregate Industries paid Spain to re-drill two domestic wells for Steve Brancucci, a Westminster resident who farms south of Fort Lupton.Brancucci had complained to the state engineer's office,which administers water in the basin,as well as the state Division of Minerals and Geology,about the well problem. Aggregate recently agreed to pay to re-drill one of Brancucci's four irrigation wells, again without conceding that its wet-mined Platte Valley operation was the problem. "They're like,it's not their problem.It's the drought,"Brancucci said."You can't get to first base with them" Aggregate companies generally mine one of two ways—wet or dry—each of which include digging out and de-watering holes in the ground. During dry mining,companies build a wall of impenetrable bentonite around the pit,pump out the remaining groundwater,leaving an open, dry mine. The bentonite wall is absent in a wet mine, though companies still pump the water out. As groundwater approaches a dry mine site,the water table rises—or"mounds"—on the uphill side of the pit and declines—or"shadows"—on the downhill side.Water wells in the shadowofthe pit can dry npmileasthey're drited'deeper". In a wet mine,groundwater is constantly recharging,attempting to fill the pit,which can cause dramatic fluctuations lathe local groundwater table. While the bentonite walls—which are also used to seal off landfills from surrounding groundwater—arc expensive,dry mines are more efficient for aggregate companies. Water storage demands,however,are increasingly making the decision an easier one for aggregate companies,Pits lined with bentonite walls,also called slurry walls,are being sold to water providers for more than$3,000 per acre-foot of water storage. That's more than$3 million for a modestly-sized 30-acre, 1,000 acre-foot reservoir. Greeley-based Central Colorado Water Conservancy District owns 5,000 acre-fed of lined gavel-pit storage and has plans to buy another 15,000-20,000 acre-feet of storage, CCWCD Executive Director Torn Cech said. The district uses the water to augment about 1,000 irrigation wells that must put a portion of the water they pump back in the river basin. "The huge benefit is that it's storing water that would flow out of state,"Cech said. 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 12 Maul:Kern Dan 970416.066 To:WNW Nwaes Date 1/2312004 11rt.11:53 4 PM Page 4 of 6 Potential harm,however, exists in placing lined pits close together over several miles, some experts say. Such a situation,currently shaping up in northern Adams County, could prevent groundwater from reaching the South Platte River,which relies on groundwater to buoy its base flow. At the South Platte Forum in October,Tom Hessman, a water consultant with TehaTech RMC,said one industry model suggest that allowing lined pits to be closer than 200 feet together could block the flow of groundwater to the river. An industry study about mining's affect on groundwater is due out early next year. Farmers with irrigation wells depend on them to deliver water year-round,especially in early spring and late summer when crops such as corn and vegetables need the critical moisture.Last year,as drought hit Colorado and several mining operations fired up near Brighton and Fort Lupton,some wells and groundwater-fed ponds in the area want dry. Affected well owners complained to gravel mine operators and the state Division of Minerals and Geology with mixed results. Aggregate Industries re-drilled several wells for a neighboring farmer and well owner. "There definitely are issues with groundwater and surrounding well owners,"Refer said. "When we de-water,there's an area going out from that site that impacts wells." Industry executives and water consultants say drought is to blame for a dip in the groundwater table—though documented complaints of well draw-downs in southern Weld due to gravel raining date at least ttf 1998"-and Have worked with well owaeis in some cases to re-drill wells deeper into the aquifer. "There's so much going on in that region that to focus on one source and not include other groundwater withdrawals probably isn't the best way to be looking at it,"said William Fronczak,chief of water supply at the state engineer's office in the department of natural resources. Earlier this month,however,Weld County commissioners voted 4-1 to deny an aggregate mine between Fort Lupton and Brighton, in part because of concerns about the impact to surrounding irrigation wells. Bob Sakata,a well-dependent vegetable farmer with farms in the Brighton-Fort Lupton area and one of the state's biggest vegetable producers,told county commissioners gravel pits were hurting growers in southern Weld County. "Weld is still listed number three in agriculture in the nation,"Sakata said."I think we should be sensitive of it. "If our wells are injured,I won't have a crop." 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 13 Fruit Kevin Dart 070416-0948 In:David NareloMJ Dale:1/2312004 Time:1153164 AHA Pape Safe ** While farmers worry about threats to their livelihood,Fort Lupton,which lies barely a mile from the South Platte and its rich gravel deposits,has joined the resistance to gravel operations for aesthetic reasons. Fort Lupton City Planner Brian Grubb said at a county commissioner hearing earlier this month that the"industrial"look of a mining operation doesn't jive with city land uses and that infrastructure such as streets and roads need to be improved to handle the tuck traffic that mines bring. "We need a phased plan so mining can co-exist with agriculture...and existing residents of the area,"Grubb said."We haven't done our job as planners to resolve issues up front" In voting to deny Premier Paving,Inc.'s application for a gavel pit earlier this mouth, County Commissioner Rob Maslen agreed that current infrastructure in that part of Weld County isn't sufficient to handle the coming surge of gravel operations. ** Plans for three of the southernmost pits in southern Weld County worried the U.S.EPA's Glenn Rodriguez At one end of the stack was Hall-Irwin's Baseline Resource pit,an operation northeast of • the intersection of U.S,85 and Weld County Road 2 approved'in 1998'bytge state Department of Minerals and Geology,which permits gravel mines,and cited in 2000 by the EPA for destroying 3.39 acres of federal wetlands without a permit Immediately north of Hall-Irwin's pit was Aggregate Industries'proposed Wallenberg mine,a dry mine with slurry walls whose permit was withdrawn this year.North of that lay Asphalt gpeciahies'existing Petry Pit,where the original 1990 reclamation plan for two unlined wildlife ponds and agricultural lands had been amended in late 2001, scratching the unlined wildlife ponds for a single 56-acre lined pit for water storage. When Rodriguez first looked at the plans,he saw potential for the lined pits to surround and choke off groundwater to wetlands near the South Platte. "Those are the conflicts that arise when there is no coordination,"Rodriguez said. "Companies are tight-lipped because of competition. Wetlands are important to the basin's ecosystem because they offer wildlife habitat and filter pollutants and nitrogen out of groundwater, Rodriguez said.According to a letter filed by the EPA in the Hall-Irwin case,"much ofthe recoverable aggregate is located in vulnerable wetlands/riparian areas near the river environment." 01/26/2004 09:43 3038570351 FT LUPTON PAGE 14 Ddt 12372004 Tuns:B:53:54 i:53:54 NAwry •• •• Front Kevin Darn 070-418.13988 7e:NNW'Me1C70si That pressure could change the"vision" of the South Platte,Rodriguez said. "When the next mine comes up,the same issues are going to come up,"Rodriguez said. "The vision of the South Platte can easily be walled in with pits that are impamcab legroundwater." ss There are no public studies that cumulatively address the impact of Colorado's 45 million ton,$320 million aggregate industry on the South Platte River Basin.There are also few other places in Weld County other than the South Platte that producers orado Front n - effectively find and mine the aggregate that builds the thriving Range. Aggregate Industries'Refer said the onus falls on municipalities in the region to satisfy some of the compatibility issues. "Some municipalities don't have a defined urban growth area,"Refer said. Said Fort Lupton Planner Grubb:"Gravel companies need gavel;the state needs gravel. We're not saying it shouldn't exist,but there's not a sufficient plea„ Kevin Darst can be reached at 303-776-2244,Est 405,or by e-mail at kdarst@times- call.com. FROM : FRX NO. :8688782922 May. 11 2602 5:14RM P1 Board of County Commissioners Weld County Centennial Center 915 tenth St.—3'"floor Greeley, CO January 21,2004 Re: Docket Number#2004-09 Hearing date: January 28, 2004 Gentlemen: I must protest against allowing open pit mining,processing and a concrete and asphalt plant and recycling plant for concrete and asphalt,adjacent to Highway 85 between Weld County Roads 4 and 6. 1 protest in the name of the more than 300 persons living at Sierra Vista Mobile Home Park—many of them young children--who will be forced to breathe the dust,dirt, concrete, asphalt and other things that will be dug up,processed and unavoidably blown into the air many hours of the day. This could easily be a health hazard to babies and young children,as well as anyone with asthma or other upper respirptory disqrders. We are located at the corner of Highway 85 and Weld County Road 6,on the Northeast side of that corner and probably less than 100 feet from the property in question. Should you wish to contact me,I can be reached at(303) 589-5392 or I can be contacted by mail at: 534A—Kabala St.,)Cihei, HI 96753. Sincerely, ate G. eb r, owncr Sierra Mobile Home Park EXHIBIT AQLLSCft S 5.„.4,„1_ hi,* a MEMORANDUM TO: KIM OGLE AND WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM: CHARLOTTE DAVIS, ENVIROMENTAL HEAL'T'H VI D C DATE:CT•0 SR-9 5 AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES /2004 COLORADO On January 27, 2004, I received by fax a letter from William Schenderlein with Applegate Group, Inc. and authorized agent representing Aggregate Industries. Mr. Schederlein's letter request that Septic Permit SP-0000429 be closed because the system was never constructed and does not currently exist. As per his request the Septic Permit SP-0000429 is now closed. Condition 2G is no longer relevant and can be removed. However, there currently is a house on site that serves as an office for employees and visitors. The house/office is equipped with a septic system that was installed sometime ago and is currently not permitted. Since the house is within the boundaries of this USR application a commercial septic permit is required. The Environmental Health Services Division requests that condition 2G be replaced with the following condition. I have discussed the addition of this condition with Mr. Schenderlein via telephone conversation on January 27, 2004. Prior to recording the Plat: 1. The Environmental Health Services Division was unable to locate a septic permit for the septic system serving the existing house/office. The septic system shall be reviewed by a Colorado Registered Professional Engineer. The review shall consist of observation of the system and a technical review describing the systems ability to handle the proposed hydraulic load. The review shall be submitted to the Environmental Health Services Division of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment. In the event the system is found to be inadequately &zed or constructed the system shall be brought into compliance with current Regulations. EXHIBIT Anus✓ #9O5 r ,.0:" Applegate Group, Inc. Consultants for Land, Mineral and Water LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DATE: January 29, 2004 PROJECT: Platte Valley AG JOB # 02-188 TO: Weld County Clerk to the Board 915 10th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 WE TRANSMIT: THE FOLLOWING: FOR YOUR: Attached n Prints / Bluelines ■ Use nUnder Separate Cover I 1 Original ❑ Approval nInformation Below ■ Copy El Information n Applications ❑ Review & Comment ❑ Specifications n Material Returned ❑ Other n Revise & Resubmit Number of Copies Dated Sheets Description 1 1/29/04 Platte Valley Operation(USR-905),Aggregate Industries— WCR, Inc. Extraction Plan Map 1 1/29/04 Platte Valley Operation(USR-905),Aggregate Industries— WCR, Inc.Reclamation Plan Map Remarks: This material is being submitted in response to Lee Morrison's request following the Board of County Commissioners Hearing on January 28, 2004 for USR-905. The material was used in the applicant presentation to the Board. Signed: !//d: - Copy to:File g William Schenderlein w/o Enclosures: Kim Ogle, Weld County Planning EXHIBIT I N Cl) r\masa*9c5 1499 West 120th Avenue,Suite 200 • Denver,Colorado 80234 • (303)452-0611 • (Fax)(303)452-2 i ��<�--- Exhibit H contains oversized maps Reclamation Plan (H2) Extraction Plan (H3) Please see Original File 4 INF NOTICE INe A PUBLIC NEARING CONCFRNINC FMISSFRDPFRiP Wilt BE HELD Al nit iic691*--P NIMESia r.. .•..w.. -au Olt M hr,.,; .kr #r',._ICO1 fOR MORE INFORMATION CALL WILD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUNNING SERVICES AT S9701353.61N tit. 354$ EXHIBIT I S '.0 S' • Hello