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INSIDE: <br />A new saddle shop <br />opens in Arriola. See <br />Page 3A. <br />CORTEZ <br /> <br />Gravel pit wins county app; <br />Commission votes 3-0 <br />for controversial plan -. <br />BY JIIN MI11tIAGA about 40. However, the boazd <br />JOURNAL STAFF WRITER <br />The Montezuma County <br />Commission late Monday unan- <br />imously approved a high- <br />lmpact permit for a gravel pit <br />that has spazked controversy <br />for. weeks. <br />Four States Aggregate will be <br />allowed to operate a large grav- <br />el-mine on the Line Camp prop- <br />erty ththe Dolores River Valley <br />the commission told a crowd of <br />imposed several restrictions <br />designed to mitigate Impacts on <br />neighboring residents. <br />Expressing concern about <br />the effects of traffic and noise. <br />and .about. reclamation efforts <br />after the five-yeaz mining oper- <br />ation is complete, the commis- <br />sion handed down the following <br />additional Hales that would not <br />be required under the state- <br />permitting process. The county- <br />approved permit with these <br />stipulations will be drawn up <br />this week. <br />• Mining operations, includ- <br />ing hauling and crushing the <br />material, can only go on <br />between the hours of 8 a.m. and <br />5 p.m. Monday through Friday, <br />unless special permission is <br />granted by the commission. <br />• A three-person advisory <br />committee will be formed with <br />landowners within the Dolores <br />River Valley to consult on miff <br />gatfon efforts and apprise Four <br />States and the landowner, Val <br />Truelson, of specific problems <br />that need addressing. The com= <br />mittee is Intended to see that <br />reclamation efforts are kept up <br />sufficiently after nilne-reclama- <br />tion efforts required ~by the <br />state boazd of mining aze com- <br />pleted. The committee would <br />sunset in flue years. <br />• A 510,000 performance <br />bond .must ~be put up by Four <br />States in addition to bonds <br />required by the,Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation ofRce. The <br />county bond requtreriment is <br />intended to ensure reclamation, <br />especially noxious=weed con- <br />trol, is done properly after the <br />mining is complete. <br />• The county permit Is only <br />valid if all other necessary state <br />and federal permits aze suc- <br />cessfully obtained. Those <br />See GRAVEL on Page 5A <br />• <br />A GRAVEL PIT will be.liiiit on:thi <br />under a proposal appfaved by the <br />/ <br />