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<br /> <br />LOCATION <br />Legal Description <br />Flatiron Materials Company, Boulder, Colorado, requests a state <br />mining permit to operate a sand and gravel operation on a parcel <br />of land known as the East Rigden Farm. This land is described <br />as follows: <br />A parcel of land situated in the west one-half <br />('~) of Section Twenty-Eight (28), Township Seven <br />(7) North, Range Sixty-Eight (68) West of the <br />6th P.M., all within the County of Larimer, <br />State of Colorado, containing 300.0 acres more or <br />less. (See appendix for detailed legal description.) <br />Land Use <br />The proposed site Lies in the flood plain of the Cache la <br />Poudre River. It is currently used for agriculture. A Colorado <br />and Southern Railroad track angles southeast through the north <br />half of the property from the northwest corner of Section 28. <br />Surrounding land uses include agriculture {east, south and <br />west), sand and gravel mining (north) and open space (north). <br />Colorado State University Nature Center is north of the site <br />near the Poudre River. Residences are scattered nearby. A <br />home and farm buildings at the north of the site near the <br />river are subject to the right of use and occupancy during <br />the lifetime of the present occupant. <br />Sand and gravel mining has occurred in the area for 16 years. <br />A-1 <br />