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<br />What you call a buffer zone is not that at all. We stated <br />on page 10 paragraph 2 Wherever mining is adjacent to <br />St. Vrain Creek the excavation line (a line indicating <br />the limits of the excavation) will be set back 100 feet <br />from the existing boundary of the river. This is a safety <br />factor only and should not be construed otherwise. we <br />want to make this clear that is IiQT a buffer zone but a <br />SET BACK and as such can be used in the mining operation <br />as any other set back. If as you say the 100 foot setback <br />is an inappropiate place to stockpile topsoil for erosion <br />minimization then it would seem to be equally true that <br />replacing soils in these areas would lead to erosion maximi- <br />zation. We feel you are incorrect and that your requirement <br />would create an unnecesary hardship on the operator for <br />no good reason <br />2. We plan three locations for the plant area. The reason <br />we now state three plant sites is because the county permit <br />only lets us move to within 600 feet of the south property <br />and then only after Stage 2 is complete. It means that <br />we have to set up in Stage 1, move to Stage 2 when mining <br />is to begin in the Stage 1 plant area and then to move <br />into Stage 3 only after mining is to start in the plant <br />site located in Stage 2. The exact locations are not <br />known at this time, we can state that they will be located <br />in Stages 1, 2 and 3 and that they will be about 15 acres. <br />Please see the attached map for the approximate locations <br />of these plant sites. This would include processing facilities, <br />concrete and asphalt batch plants and the concrete casting <br />facility. <br />3. It goes against reasonable observatioon for you to say <br />that the county roads, gas pipelines, irrigation ditches <br />and telephone lines will be damaged by a 20-foot deep excavation <br />unless they are more than 200 feet away. Slopes will normally <br />'lize at 1 to 1, so a set back of 20 feet from the <br />di ine would be more than adequate. We know of no case <br />ere damage has occured to the so-called structures you <br />list where mining occurred at this distance. We think <br />that your asking for an agreement with the gas pipeline <br />company, the highway department, the phone company and <br />the ditch companies is unreasonable. There are no buildings <br />within 200 feet of the excavation except the ones owned <br />by the operator. We will be hay to discuss this with <br />you. <br />4. The soils from the plant areas will be stripped and stockpiled <br />prior to plant setup and operation. We do not anticipate <br />any disturbance to the hydrologic balance when these plants <br />are in operation. It will be up to the operator of those <br />plants to dispose of waste material from them. The property <br />owner does not want the waste material permanently disposed <br />of on the property and will make that known to the operator <br />of any concrete or asphalt plant. <br />