PERMFILE40014

• Permit No: M2001023
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/30/2000
• Doc Name: FINAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CAMILLETTI MILNER PIT 2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

mine pit and which should be largely be hidden from view. Due to the characteristics of •
the site, the first two years of mirnng associated with Mine Block # 1 and Mine Block # 2
will be visible to the neighbors on the hillside to the southeast. However, the Applicant
believes that the distance between the mining area and these residences will be largely
damped and mitigation the potential visual impacts.
9. Wildlife habitat impacts (submit comments from Division of Wildlife local
agent)
Res~ons~e: A copy of the 404 Permit Application was submitted to the Colorado Division
of Wildlife Regional Office in Grand Junction on 11 February 2000. In addition, the
Applicant's Permittin Agent has submitted a formal request to Ms. Libby Miller, the
local District Wildlife ~ffice for this area. Copies of these two letters, documenting the
Appficant's attempts to obtain written comments from the Colorado Division of Wildlife
are enclosed.
A formal response to these concerns was received by the Routt County Regional
Planning Department dated 25 June 2000. The Applicant has paid particular attention
to the recommendations contained in this letter with respect to the revisions which have
been made to the reclamation plan and believes that essential)y all of the concerns and
recommendations contained in this letter have been addressed in the revised Final
Special Use Permit application.
10. Mitigation proposed:
Response: Mitigation in the form of long term, permanent reclamation will be conducted
as soon as the mining operations have ceased on each individual mine pit area. In •
addition, the pproject has been designed to ensure that almost no cottonwood trees will
be disturbed by mining operations at this site. All of the wetlands which will be affected
by this mining operation will be replaced by an on-site and in-kind wetland mitigation
plan. The Applicant's have also incorporated the recommendations contained m the
Colorado Division of Wildlife letter relative to reclamation and mitigation for this project.
11. Adjacent property uses:
Response: The adjacent land uses on the properties surrounding this site are that of
dryland hay, improved pasture and native rangeland.
72. Nearest residences:
Response: See the answer given to item 13, noise abatement in the Mining Plan
Section.
13. Radioactivity Testing:
Response: There has been no radioactivity testing of this site and conditions suggest
that none is necessary.
14. Geologic Hazards (as shown on Planning Department maps):
a. mitigation proposed:
b. hydrologic hazards:
c. mitigation proposed:
Response: According to the Routt County Geologic Hazard Mapping, on file in the Routt .
County Regional Planning Department, the entire mine site area lies beyond any areas
mapped as geological hazard areas. This mine site area is not located within the FEMA