PERMFILE68290

• Permit No: M2000158
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/12/2001
• Doc Name: PARTY STATUS FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Xcel Energys°
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
3/7/2001
State of Colorado
Division of Minerals and Geology
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St. Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203-2273
Dear Erica Crosby File # M-200-158
Fort St. Vrain
16805 W.C.R. 19r/z
Platteville, Colorado 80651
The purpose of this letter is to outline our issues and concerns about the Platte Sand and Gravel LLC for
gravel mining and related activities adjacent to our property. Fort St. Vrain (FSV) owns property on the
east side of the South Platte River adjacent to the applicant, as well as, the applicant owning property on
the west side of the river adjacent to our site. These comments are being submitted within 5 working days
prior to the Informal Conference. We attended the DMG informal conference held in Milliken, Colorado
on 3/7. At that time, we identified ourselves as an `objector to the application' for, at least, the purpose of
gathering additional information to satisfy our concerns.
Our plant hasn't received any information directly from [he Stale of Colorado regarding [his application,
but it could easily have been sent to other offices at Xcel Energy. Please send any further correspondence
directly to the plant at 16805 WCR 19 1/2, Platteville, Co 80651 Attn: Marty Block.
We have also participated in some of the discussions between the neighbors and the applicant. Public
Service Co, now Xcel Energy, has a rich history of working closely with the neighbors from the time of the
initial siting of the nuclear operations at FSV. We intend on continuing our participation in this process as
the application moves through the various stages of approval.
FSV has been in discussions with various gravel mining operators for the last three years regarding mining
on our property east of [he South Platte River and south of the applicant. We have discussed our proposal
for mining gravel on our property with Platte Sand and Gravel LLC, the applicant, as a potential vendor.
Our purpose in mining the gravel is to develop water storage to supplement the water supply to FSV and
other generating assets as we continue to meet the growing energy needs of Colorado. We expect to be
making application to Weld County for our own mining operation, a[ some point, because this storage is
important [o meet our business objectives.
Our specific concerns regarding the application are listed below. We understand that the DMG only
considers certain issues [o be within their purview and other issues are under the authority of Weld County.
We've noted some of these same concerns to Weld County.
We understand the applicant's right to mine the gravel on his property similar to what we may
eventually propose. We don't understand [he need or right for the other related asphalt batch plan[
and recycling operations and the applicant hasn't been clear around his business purposes for this
expanded operation. The applicant indicated a current problem with excessive concrete spoils a[ their
Denver operation and we are concerned about our neighborhood being negatively impacted by this
part of his proposed operation.
We think the size of the concrete recycling storage piles should be clearly specified by the applicant
and limited in the permit processes. There are runoff concerns on any storage pile [ha[ should be
addressed in the permit. Impacts to [he river via storm water runoff or potential contaminates due to
any recyling operation should be well investigated.