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~, Response to Randall Shepard Delta Paving Gravel Pit File No. M-98-105 2/23/99 Page 2 to be excavated per year. The application does indicate that approximately 70,000 tons per year of incidental commodities may be extracted. The Act and Rules do not limit the rate of production for construction materials operations. An applicant is not required to declare the anticipated tonnage of primary commodities to be excavated per year. Permits are issued for a specific surface area, as described within the application. Some permits may also have a excavation depth limitation depending on the specific conditions of a permit application. Any operator of an approved permit must remain within the specified boundaries of the permit area and must conduct the mining operation in accordance with the conditions of the approved permit, Act and Rules. However, the Act and Rules do not restrict the rate of production for construction materials operations. In the case of the Delta Paving Gravel Pit application, the surface area of the proposed affected lands are currently limited to the requested 81.5 acres, divided into the various mining phases and material processing and stockpiling areas. The different phases identified in the application range in size from approximately 3.3 acres to 16.3 acres. According to the application, depth of the proposed excavation will be limited by the depth of the sand and gravel deposit located within the boundaries of the proposed permit area. The application specifies that depth of the excavation will be approximately 18' and that excavations will terminate at or before the shale strata immediately underlying the alluvial deposits of sand and gravel. The app/ication a/so shows the primary future /and use (post-mining) as wi/dlife habitat. Lafer it mentions about how there can be a modification in the reclamation p/an if it's submitted end approved for a modification... Wou/d that mean if in the future a change is asked for and then approved, that the post use at this site cou/d become an indusfrial or a solid waste disposal site, two other possible uses mentioned. This great/y concerns me because of the weak /and use and zoning laws in Delta County. The application indicates that affected lands will be reclaimed to support wildlife habitat and industrial/commercial post mining land use; portions may also be reclaimed to support recreation post mining land use. Of the proposed 81.5 acre affected area, approximately 69.3 acres will be reclaimed to support wildlife habitat and approximately 12.2 acres will be reclaimed to support industrial/commercial post mining land use. The application indicates that the 12.2 acres area of industrial/commercial post mining land use will include approximately 10.6 acres for production of asphalt and concrete products, and approximately 1.6 acres as access road to the production site. The application does not indicate that any portion of affected lands will be reclaimed as a solid waste disposal site. Solid waste disposal sites are regulated and permitted through the county and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. DMG is not the permitting authority for solid waste disposal sites.