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..... <br />'~~ : ~ . Staff Report / /~ / ,~ ~~ ~ ~i ~ ~ ~~ <br />Nillow Bend Pit ~f- I%~J / <br />Ganzez~la Pit ~ ~~, ((( F E B 2 31987 <br />February 2, 1987 <br />Page 4 <br />MINED LAND <br />aMA?fON DIVISION <br />The second pit area to be considered will be knave as the 17i.lllow Bend Pit. <br />That pit is also located on the 4Yest bank of the Animas Riverapproximately <br />two miles North of Durango and 1,300 feet East of the Val-Air Soaring landing <br />strip and US 550 North. <br />Property Owner: Lavern D. St. Clair (Contract Of Sale to ~Tohn Dillon - <br />Pending) <br />Address: 2581 CR 203 ' <br />~ ~~ ~~.~~ <br />Applicant : John Dillon/Sandco Of Durango ; ~ , nn ~' ' ': ~! . "~ <br />rF~ ~ G~~ <br />Land Ownership Size: 56.45 I <br />Surrounding Land Use: Agriculture, flood plain, residential, and extraction <br />(The adjoining property owner, R.L. Rathj ,United <br />Constriction, has been issued permits fr the Colorado <br />!Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Dep nt of Army) <br />Specific Sand Pit Area: ~Yest bank of Animas River in the <br /> NiV; of Section 3 Township 35 Range 9~. <br /> Not to eKCeed six (6) acres <br /> «...-.., <br />Access: Along an existing ranch/field road to an fisting drive- <br /> way access on US 550N (A ne~v road will be onstructed ~~~ <br />l <br />~. <br /> along the South property line crossing th Durango - ` <br />i'~ <br /> Silverton Railroad right-of-way and enter' g US 550 ~~ ~ <br /> under as~eenents fray the Railroad Campan and Colorado <br /> Department of Highways) <br />Operation: Extraction of sand fran an existing sand on the tVest <br /> bank of the Animas Piver, the bar is ~appr imately 1,300 <br /> feet East of the US 550 and Durango Silve on Railroad <br /> right-of ways. T4edium sized rubber tired oaders ~~211 <br /> load the sand into 10 - 12 yard dwrip true and the <br /> material will be hauled Eton the site. re will be <br /> no stock piling of materials on site.. Ho s of operation <br /> will be limited to the daylight hours of :30 a.m. to <br /> 6:30 p.m. with no more than five (5) tru trips avera <br />ged.? <br /> per day. The Colorado Mined Land Permit _ <br />plication ~ ' <br /> indicates there will be no more than 5,00 :cubic yards of <br /> material per year taken from this site. <br />Staff Observations: This operation, as described, is relativ ly small in <br />nature. This same type of operation exis or is conducted <br />by numerous local dirt contractors un and rntin the Animas <br />Valley periodically during the constructi season at <br />1.~' different sand bar sites. That practice iolates regulations <br />` of the 51ine Land Reclamation Board. n1r. illon has applied <br />J to the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Bo d for fozmal <br />approval for both the subject pits. P.ga' this.-px'ooess._,vrili <br />