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9. Delta County Impacts and Other Environmental Impacts <br /> The Board of County Commissioners has conditionally approved the Specific Development Appli- <br /> cation for this operation(SD02-003)directly with Cecil and Pat Farnsworth. <br /> As stated earlier,the maximum annual tonnage allowed for this operation is 70,000 tons per year. <br /> The combined tonnage from the Farnsworth#2 Pit and the North Fork Pit is 70,000 tons per year <br /> so that there is no true increase in tonnage over what was previously permitted in the area. All <br /> trucks leaving the site will be covered and will utilize the existing entrance to Highway 133. No <br /> new roads will be needed for this operation. Trucks will enter Highway 133 immediately west of <br /> Paonia and can supply construction material needs in all directions. If 10 ton trucks are used, the <br /> maximum number of annual loads is 7000. If 25 ton trucks are used,the maximum number of <br /> trucks is 2780 per year. Assuming that 50%of the trucks will be 10 ton size and 50%will be 25 <br /> ton size,there would be 3971 loaded trucks leaving the site per year. If the operation operates only <br /> 8 months per year,this results in an average of 496 loads per month for these months,and 4 <br /> months will have no loaded traffic. No significant dust will be produced since the gravel will be <br /> wet upon extraction and the gravel road to the River Bottom site will have no fines. Also, the pro- <br /> cessing equipment there will have sprays and enclosed crushers. <br /> Overall,this location is excellent to supply the growing needs of development in this part of Delta <br /> County. The alternative to this pit is to truck gravel from greater distances at increased cost and <br /> increased truck traffic on the road system. <br /> Once the site is reclaimed,a permanent lake will be left that is approximately 18-23 feet deep over <br /> 6.6 acres,that can be used for wildlife habitat and landowners recreation in a dry part of the <br /> County, where a lake of this type has good value. <br /> There should be no significant demands on Delta County services from this operation since <br /> production and reclamation will only involve personnel of 4-5 people on site at any given time. <br /> The river crossing is planned to not interfere with any existing uses of the river for fishing or <br /> recreation. <br /> 25 <br /> North Fork Pit March 04 <br />