PERMFILE50192

• Permit No: M1980193
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/24/1978
• From: EL PASO CNTY DOT
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Charl.cs E. IIerry
A~nl;[ant County Attorn^y
Ju,LLcl;i.l tBUildlnt;
L'ulorndo Spri:tra, Colorado
UcLol•er 18, 1:r7J
llanr fir. Iicrr7:
The ~tLrc~l Land keclnnmtim, hivis.Con h,v: receives! your latter of
ti~pCemi~cr 29, ll7lr, regarding county gravel pits, and your vll linB;ncu3
to c,•~rl•1~ ~+ll!i np,ulatlou3 of Lhc f)Lvi::lor,. 1 n;lght poitrt out Chat
lrrc•:pccti.vc of the rcl:ulatlunn and S.J.p,. Ao,J, [he. Colorado LLinai
Land [:eclmm~tion Ac[ impoor..^, neon all nparntious of lirJ.ted impact
cpcratlous sucu as CIrJ9f. of [he County tho uUllratlon to obtala a
pcrn;lt iron [hc lilur.d Land ~'r.clamatl.un Iinnrd. G.R.S. 197) 3h-32-110,
liy dcilnition of lira term'ul:crator", B:.f;.S. 1973, 34-32-IOJ(10), the
above rcf.umnced cec[iuu nppllea npe.ciflral.l.y to counties. Tu Uefin
u1tn, tL.•r:Cntr, 1C to d1fL1cu1C tr, unrt~•r.~tnnd 4•ity [Iw Crnrn[y In 30
rcc::lc~.l.lr::~tt In ~;;lylug for a perml[.tn oprr:ata tirelr growl pi Ca,
',nvl~rl; cy,prca:od lu your lcttar of ~cptcmber ~`1, 1778, a v11.Liuynerts
"CO c~nnpl~ with t•.r~ 197G ~lct and oUtnlu any Qermito required 6y it."
Si,?ply curq>lyin~ wi[It t~tc Act could t~~quirc. that the County obtain a
;•crral[.
1'ur[hermora, nn you can see from the nttnr_hed copy of B.d,C, tiu. 3,
uotuinf, which [he Ceneral Assembly did Uy Chat F.esolutfon evert purpot[e
Cu aifuct the uUligntlon of counties to obtain a perutit Eor their mining
uporn[lonn - whAUrei [itat uUll.gniion i,n based upon the CUles mtd regul6-
tlcu•~, or upon [hc Act. the Gancral Assembly d1d not. a "suggested by
}•uur letter of Scl,t~mber 29, 1978, disapprove of "nearlyall" of the
lioard's rules and regulations, and, indrecl, its ?esolution disnpprovad
cur,parativcly few of the ruins. purth~rmore, the Buatd did not wholly
ignore the ezproasirnt made Uy the Ceneral Assembly by its Resolution,
and has ^lnco nm~udeJ moot of [hose rul.nn which were ldsntified by the
Ik.sulu[ion. A current copy of our rules 1e enclosed.
finally, I believe that the Board artd t;te. staff Itne been more thtrrt fair
with E1 Yaso County in dalaying action against [he County for fallusa
to comply with [hr. Act which we ere clrnrg~d Uy law to enforno. An ltam
will be placed on the [Board's nett nQnnda to note a violation of tits
Ac[ lry tiro County, and [;Ir. Lrivialon w111 rcytre9t Ntc Aoard to issue
a cease and desist order to [he l:orntty. Should the County wish to avoid