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M-1974-070: Nelson Pit: Lafarge West, Inc. Weld County <br /> -360 Permit Acres <br /> -$143,724 Bond <br /> - Meet Anne Johnson at the site on February 11th at 0900. <br /> -Directions: Drive North on 1-25 to Highway 52. Get off on Highway 52 and go west to County Road 3%. <br /> Turn Right on CR 3.25 and go to CR 16.5 Turn left on CR 16.5 and then almost an Immediate right into <br /> the Nelson Pit. <br /> 1.) Original Application: <br /> a. Form: <br /> i. Flatiron Paving Company <br /> ii. SDG <br /> iii. Five miles south east of Longmont, Colorado in Weld County <br /> iv. 365 Permit Acres <br /> v. PMLU: Recreation <br /> b. Exhibit C <br /> i. Mine in 12 phases <br /> c. Exhibit D: <br /> i. Open Pit Excavations: <br /> ii. Scraper to remove topsoil and place it on the outside edge of the mine <br /> iii. Dry Ming <br /> iv. Concurrent reclamation <br /> v. Shape contours and re-spread topsoil <br /> vi. Pierre Shale in the bedrock material. <br /> vii. Overburden 1-5 feet deep <br /> viii. Divert Daily and Plumb ditch <br /> ix. Dewater into Boulder Creek <br /> x. 12 phases of mining to take 1-2 years per phase <br /> xi. Mine 162 acres <br /> xii. Maximum disturbance at a time is 45 acres <br /> xiii. Gravel is 6-13 feet deep <br /> xiv. It appears reclamation will occur concurrent with mining <br /> d. Reclamation Plan: <br /> i. PMLU: Recreation for fish and waterfowl habitat <br /> ii. Land will be re-seeded and trees will be planted <br /> iii. Create three lakes, total water surface will be 92 acres <br /> iv. One Island in two lakes <br /> v. Third lake will have two islands <br /> vi. Overflow from each lake will drain into another. <br /> vii. Slope not greater than 4:1 <br /> viii. Topsoil spread 6-8" <br /> ix. Create three vegetation systems: <br /> 1. Wet sedge/meadows with cattails <br /> 2. Grasslands <br />