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FROM-Colorado Divisia-~qf ~linarals 8 Geology +13038328106 _., T-247 P.021/023 F-537 <br />1 ) <br />~C~~~zv <br />..: ). ~y N~... <br />•~A..• ~r4 : ~ •~ <br />•~ <br />~Yi <br />'i^f?~ <br />Delta Cout7tj-A~ement <br />~.:,.. is ~- _: .. <br />Benson 1®ist~+rli~fe{~ranel Pit <br />_ .: ~~ =_ <br />- -' SE3Q58EEt , <br />Fndinas of the Plannirta Statf: " " <br />The Pla<+riirig Staff ties rerisv~d tt~ SpeaBe fleet app6catiort and based on Uiat <br />reviewthe~PGmtimappr~rsb0.meetrLo?De~aEwu+t3/.SpecbcDe+~loPment _... <br />Regulations. The Planning Staff fvtds tteit: <br />The proposed rtime is ~ fn FCarryarr wtdcfr at this time has no homes but Brere <br />are several residorioas anmediafe~f 'to the site. <br />The s"rte does not tie wB}ifn a ttaoctpfaorr and ttte tivpagaphy is Stile and Sandstones <br />covered with soD. <br />Vegetation f5 Juniper and Pinyon Trees, grasses, and Sage Brush. <br />There are no water ditches or imgated grids on the site. <br />Nuisances from the proposed operation uvDl ba noise, dusk and iraffia <br />Off road parking and loafing areas xaU be orrste_ Access to file site Mnlt be from an <br />existing mine read, however a blind comrs exilary onto Ward C7eek Road KnE need to be <br />mitigated by srgnage or outer means. k~irorrel of a Double-wide at the exit would help <br />mitigate the site d prohlgri but not aYeY6te d. <br />Benson Brothers indicated chat Brry w~ use water from an old mine shaft that has fined <br />with water to control dusk this wafter is located south ~ the access road on another parcel <br />not under Benson Brothers ownerstryr. The apprrzaHon staf>as that tltey vrorild haul thLs <br />water from their taalitY in Austin. <br />There are no proposed utifides far the mining operatox>, generators oral be used for <br />electricity. <br />The site is not loeated along any Scenic Byway tort views from otitar County roads oral be <br />affected. <br />Runoff, stormwater, and er~ion control are potential problems but era to be addressed <br />within the State Permitting process. <br />Wildfve hazards are the same as the surroundetg arm, mining areas would be scraped <br />dear of all vagefatan and free danger in titase areas would be marrtrtal. <br />Potential displacement aF Deer and E]k duretg milling werations wDl oxur. There could <br />also he disruption of Raptor nestfrig on the diifs to the sorrth of the proposed operation_ <br />~„~~".,w„m.s.. <br />03-MAYt2006 11:17 <br />