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d2 CAD Consulting,LLC CCWRE GREEN - CROISSANT MINE INTRODUCTION Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc., dba Johnstown Ready Mix (LRM) owns and operates the Green- Croissant Sand and Gravel Mine authorized by Colorado Division of Reclamation and Mine Safety (DRMS) 112 Permit No. M-2001-022. The mine site also contains a Portland cement concrete batch plant and sand and gravel processing plant as allowed by Weld County as accessory uses to mining. In addition, sand and gravel are imported from the nearby Walters-Bokelman Pit in Larimer County, all as permitted by Weld County permit AmLISR-1329. The Agriculture -zoned property originally comprised about 148.2 acres of the northwest % and about 61.7 acres of the northeast % of Section 30, Township 5 North, Range 67 West of the 6th Prime Meridian. The acreage in the northeast %of section 30 is leased from the Croissant Family Trust (now Croissant Family Farms,LLC)(CFF). LRM has obtained a partial release of 116.1 acres, leaving a total of 92.9 acres remaining in the mining permit boundary. A majority of the acreage that has been released is owned by LRM and has continually been used as agricultural range land during the entire duration of the Permit. The northeast corner of the released area owned by LRM,and the released area owned by CFF has been successfully reclaimed. All of the exposed water surfaces associated with this Permit have been augmented as described in Water Court Case CW2009CW105. A copy of this decree is attached to Exhibit G. The sand and gravel resources from the Green-Croissant mine will be depleted in approximately five years, and those from the Walters-Bokelman mine in approximately 15 years, depending on market conditions. LRM will be submitting a Minor Amendment to Weld County land use permit AmUSR-1329 in conjunction with this application for amendment to allow continued operation of the sand and gravel processing plant and the concrete batch plant. With the Minor Amendment, the batch and processing plants would be allowed to continue to operate in perpetuity following depletion of the sand and gravel resource on the site. Aggregates will be supplied by continued sand and gravel importation from the permitted Walters-Bokelman Pit,and later from future as yet undefined sources east of the plant. The current DRMS 112 permit allows post-mining uses of wildlife habitat, recreation, and commercial development in the west end of the LRM parcel. DRMS conducted an annual inspection in December, 2015. Following the inspection, DRMS issued an Inspection Report which stated, among other things, that the change in post-mining land use from wildlife habitat, recreation, and potential commercial development to industrial/commercial would require a permit amendment in accordance with Rule 1.10. The post-mining uses to remain in the permit boundary will comprise ponds and wildlife habitat on the east side and the existing concrete batch plant, processing plant,storage and related activities on the west side. Exhibits C-3 and C-3.1 show the revised Mining Plan and Exhibits F-1 and F-1.1 show the revised Reclamation Plan that identifies the amended mining and post-mining uses for the 92.9 acres in the Permit boundary. APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO LOVELAND READY MIX CONCRETE,INC REGULAR 112 PERMIT NO.M-2001-022 GREEN/CROISSANT SAND AND GRAVEL MINE August,2016 1 OF 39