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<br />SECTION E - IMPACTS AND RECLAMATION <br />Further Land Development <br />Most of the land development in the area is now subject <br />to the Colorado Open ASining Land Reclamation Act of 1973, <br />which states at 92-36-5: <br />Preservation of Commercial Mineral Deposits for Extraction. <br />(1) After July 1, 1973, no board of county commissioners, <br />governing body of any city and county, city or town, or <br />other governmental authority which has control over <br />zoning shall, by zoning, rezoning, granting a variance, <br />or other official action or inaction, permit the use of <br />any area known to contain a commercial mineral deposit <br />in a manner which would interfere with the present or <br />future extraction of such deposit by an extractor. <br />All of the area is included in the survey of commercial <br />mineral deposits in the populous counties of Colorado, as <br />stated in the Colorado Geological Survey, Department of <br />Natural Resources Publication: "Sand, Gravel and Quarry <br />Aggregate Resources of the Colorado Front Range Counties, 1974." <br />Under this constraint, therefore, further development <br />in the area will require extraction of the proven existing <br />mineral deposits as a first step. <br />Conclusion <br />The recent historic land use in the subject area has <br />been pasture vacant, or open space Flood Plain. <br />Weld County, under past and present planning practices, <br />has encouraged "open" agricultural uses in the subject <br />area. <br />As it seems logical that this already established <br />"open" Flood Plain trend would continue, we believe that <br />our mining and subsequent reclamation activities are in line <br />with the existing county planning practices, and its comprehensive <br />planning policies. The proposed reclamation plan is compatible <br />with present and future land use for the area. <br />-5- <br />