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JAN-11-2007 02:16PL1 FROMt-D14 RECLALUTION MINING i SAFETY 3038328102 T-876 P.002/006 f-907 <br />~ ~ REC:~,I V tv <br />MDR - 51980 . <br />LOCATION <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />Legal pescri~tion Coly. Dept. of N3tura(ResOurces <br />Flatiron Materials Company. Boulder, Colorado requests an amend- <br />ment to its mining permit to operate a sand and gravel mine at <br />East Rigden. The amendment parcels are known as the Morrison <br />and Baumgartner farms, and are described as follows: <br />Parcels of land situated in the east one-half <br />(is) of Section Twenty-Eight (28), and the south <br />one half (~) of the southwest one quarter (~S) <br />of Section 27, all in Township Seven (7) xorth, <br />Range Sixty~Eight (68) West of the 6th P.M., <br />within the County of Larimer, State of Colorado, <br />containing 221 acres more or less. <br />Land Use <br />The proposed site lies in the flood plain of the Cache la ! <br />Poudre Rivet. Zt is currently used for agriculture. A Colorado <br />and Southern Railroad track angles southeast through the i <br />progerty. Surrounding land uses include agriculture (east, ~ <br />south and west) and sand and gravel mining (south and north- ' <br />west). Colorado State University Nature Center is northwest <br />of the site near the Poudre River. Residences are scattered <br />nearby. An historic farm house, the Strauss cabin, is located <br />on 1,75 acres of land owned by the county in the southeast <br />portion of the site. Interstate 25 forms the east boundary of <br />the property. sand and gravel mining has occurred in the area <br />for 16 years. <br />A-1 <br />