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w ,..t:.~ . p . _ ~ <br />_ i <br />Mr. Claude Deering F ~ B 23 1987 <br />LaPlata County Courthouse <br />1060 E 2nd Ave h:~ivtt~ ~AP1C <br />Durango, Co. SI301 F~E''t_.~41AA7!ON DIVISION FEB 1 1 1987 <br />Dear Commissioner; <br />The following are some facts which I would appreciate your ~ <br />consideration, concerning the current application by John D 1 <br />for not one but two sand and gravel pits to be located on t e <br />Animas River north of Durango. <br />First of all both of the state permits applied for by Mr. Dillon <br />are Limited Impact operation 110 type. This particular per it, <br />if issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, ermits <br />disturbance of up to 9.9 surface acres and removal of up to <br />70,000 tons of material per year. <br />Mr. Dillon has proposed to limit the Willow Bend permit to~5,000 <br />cubic yards per year and disturbance of only six acres of <br />area. <br />Mr. Dillon also speaks of hauling only five truck loads p <br />maximum. <br />However, if you will look at the attached page 4 of a sta <br />prepared by Mr. Butch Knowlton you will notice it states <br />trips "averaged" per day which certainly has a different <br />rface <br />day <br />report <br />e truck <br />ning to <br />Mr. Dillons statement. Further if you will read item 12 0~ Mr. <br />Dillons state application you will note there is no mentio~ of <br />truck trip limit. <br />Mr. Dillon states in Exhibit C-1 that the mining will be c~ntinued <br />"indefinitely". <br />Item C-2 states no grassland will be disturbed and no recl oration <br />will be necessary because mining will be conducted on the xisting <br />sand bar. However, upon measuring and computing the surfs a area of <br />the sand bar I found it to be 26,750 square feet or approx'mately <br />six-tenths of an acre. The mine permit asks for six acres which <br />will necessarily include 5.4 acres of grassland. ~ <br />1 <br />