2017-03-29_PERMIT FILE - M2016085

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north. Given the elevation of this land owners property (approx. 14'feet above the mine) the visual impacts are unacceptable. B. The applicant has located both the Processing Plant Area and the Asphalt/Concrete Batch Plant Area in the South Cell next to this adjacent land owner's residence and farm and is unacceptable. C. The Processing Plant Area and the Asphalt/Concrete Batch Plant Area are unnecessarily dislocated from the ingress and egress and the central mining area visually creating an eye sore and unhealthy fugitive particulate emission on this adjacent land owner. D. These adjacent land owners observe no thought on behalf of the applicant to screen their aggregate mining operation and find this objectionable. E. The applicant must be required to identify another area for its Processing Plant Area further to the north of these land owners, F. The applicant as a condition of the permit should be denied an Asphalt/Concrete Batch Plant, G. The applicants permit should be withheld until an adequate resolution to this matter is achieved by the applicant and an agreement recorded with this land owner. N. Necessary Mitigation: The applicant must be required to develop a living fence and wind block. Weed barrier cloth 16' wide must be affixed to the soil around the perimeter of the South Cell. The applicant as a condition of the mine before mining occurs purchase and install a dense living fences around % of the South Cell (a mining area of 67.65 acres) perimeter. The living fence at a minimum would stagger 360,15' tall Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens and 20,00016 cu. in. native Colorado trees and shrubs acquired from the Colorado State Forest Service Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, Colorado 80523. The shrubs 2,500 Rubber rabbit brush Chrysostamnus nauseous, 2,500 Blue Stem Willow Salix irrorata, 2500 Peach leaf Williow Salix amygdaloides, 2,500 Drummond Willow Salix drummondiana, 2500 Box EIder Acernegundo, 2500 Woods Rose Rosa woodsii 2500 Golden Current Ribes oureum and 2500 Western Sand Cherry Prunus besseyd . The Applicant shall also employee the expertise of the NRCS to quickly establish, maintain' monitor, combat weeds and replace dead vegetation for the life time of the mine. Watering of trees and shrubs shall be accomplished by irrigating with water from the mines dewatering process. I. the applicant as a condition of the permit must develop a ground cover grass stand with a wildlife value meeting specifications that require success before advancing further within the mine limits J. We ask that the Applicant file with the Division and be require as a condition of the permit a verifiable weed control plan that is acceptable to this South Cell adjacent land owners. K. In addition, this land owners property is elevated 14 feet above the proposed mine and is flanked by the mine for a quarter of a mile. To mitigate these weedy condition this land owner requires an earthen berm be construct along this property owner's northern border. The berm would be constructed of pit run topped with 18 inches of top soil. The height of the berm would be 15 feet in elevation on the northwest corner and progress to 35 feet in elevation to the east where an existing driveway exists on the property. East of the drive the berm would be 15 feet tall and progress to the east end at the intersection of Weld County Road 22'/: and Weld County Road 25. The north face of the berm would be terraced and benched at a 2:1 slope while the South facing slope would be 3:1. Seeding with chewing fescue would be necessary and a 909 coverage required. Reseeding shall occur until non erosive slopes area created. We ask that the