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Dowe Flats Special Use Permit Amendment Application May 2, 2022 <br /> EC. 2.07 Data Informed Decision Making. Boulder County considers available data in its <br /> economic-related decision making. <br /> CEMEX, Inc. intends to continue to work with Boulder County to promote the County's economy <br /> and cash reserves by continuing to mine the local resources from the Dowe Flats mine while <br /> ensuring that the County has the opportunity to acquire and preserve additional open space. <br /> This is an appropriate balancing of interests between CEMEX's goal of accessing the valuable <br /> mineral resource at Dowe Flats and the County's long-term goal of preserving open space. <br /> Goal 3. Preserve & Enhance Local Assets. Boulder County purposefully preserves and <br /> enhances its major assets in promoting a vital regional economy. <br /> EC. 3.01 Local Partnerships and Linkages. Boulder County encourages local economic <br /> partnerships and linkages in which products are sustainably sourced or produced within <br /> unincorporated Boulder County in a manner compatible with the rural character and are sold in <br /> local rural and urban markets. <br /> EC. 3.01.01 Boulder County recognizes the importance of buying local and encourages local <br /> purchasing to reduce environmental impacts and support the county's economic vitality. <br /> The mineral resources at Dowe Flats are valuable, naturally occurring assets available on the <br /> Dowe Flats property. These valuable assets are extracted from Dowe Flats and then <br /> transported via covered conveyor across Highway 66 to CEMEX, Inc.'s cement plant, where <br /> they are used to make cement. The cement made by CEMEX, Inc. is sold and used on projects <br /> in local rural and urban markets. If the material does not come from Dowe Flats, CEMEX, Inc. <br /> would need to source the material from a more distant location. Allowing Dowe Flats to continue <br /> to operate is an excellent example of supporting a project that is sustainably sourcing and <br /> producing local product and as described previously in response to Criterion 2 of this document, <br /> accomplished in a manner that is compatible with the rural character of the area. <br /> Environmental Resources <br /> Goal 5. Enhance Environmental Health. Boulder County shall continue to protect air, water <br /> and soil resources and quality, as well as restore resources in a degraded condition to enhance <br /> overall environmental health. Pollution of air, water, and soil, and pollution caused by noise or <br /> light, shall be eliminated or minimized to the greatest extent possible in order to prevent <br /> potential harm to life, health and property, and to reduce incremental degradation of the <br /> environment. <br /> ER 2.02 Impacts no Public & Environmental Health. Boulder County shall evaluate land use <br /> proposals and other planned activities considering their cumulative impacts on public and <br /> environmental health. Sufficient mitigation and minimization of any impacts shall be required for <br /> the proposal or activity to be approved. These proposals and activities shall at a minimum <br /> comply with air, soil, and water quality standards, as well as noise level and lighting standards, <br /> established by county and state agencies or the Boulder County Land Use Code. <br /> Continued mining at Dowe Flats would be beneficial to the environmental health of the County. <br /> Dowe Flats already operates in a manner that protects air, soil, and water quality, does not <br /> generate off-site noise impacts, and avoids creating light pollution. The site's operating <br /> procedures will not change. In addition, the material mined from Dowe Flats is and will continue <br /> to be transported to its final destination (the CEMEX, Inc. cement plant south of Highway 66) via <br /> covered conveyor for use in making cement. Conveying and not trucking the material to the <br /> cement plant is a highly effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly transport method. <br /> Goal 8. Protect Environmental Resources. Boulder County shall protect environmental <br /> resources both at the site-specific scale and landscape scale through a variety of means such <br /> as partnerships with private landowners, nongovernmental organizations, and other <br /> Review Criteria Statement- Page 4 O TETRA TECH <br />