2014-06-23_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M1984094

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June 20, 2014 To: Park County Board of County Commissioners From: Park County Advisory Board on the Environment (ABE) The Commissioners' Advisory Board on Environment (ABE) received correspondence from residents of the Beaver Ridge residential development located North of the Town of Fairplay Within Park County. In the June 9, 2014 letter residents indicated that they sought to solicit ABE involvement and assistance in addressing alleged problems and deficiencies occurring at a surface mining operation in a location adjacent to the Beaver Ridge residential development. The ABE Board conducted a scheduled monthly public general meeting on June 17, 2014. A representative group of Beaver Ridge residents attended the meeting and presented a summary of complaints and related concerns regarding the surface mining operations. Complaints and concerns presented involved a range of issues, to include extended hours of operation and associated nuisance impact, adverse impact on the water table, problems with aintenance of a substitute water supply or augmentation, and improper discharge of process water into the Middle Fork of the South Platte River. The Beaver Ridge residents identified the subject surface mining operation as the "Sanborn Sand and Gravel Pit". Subsequent review indicates that the subject operation has undergone a change in ownership and management and related signage indicates "Black Cross" as the current operating entity. Having considered the complaints and concerns expressed by Beaver Ridge residents, the ABE oard forwards recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners make formal request that the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety conduct an official onsite inspection of the indicated surface mining operation to determine whether current operations are being performed in substantive compliance with controlling regulations.