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. ~ _ +~R~~ Cz~~.O~T~OPEIt~~I'ION ~/ <br />Presentation Form ~ <br />C_ <br />GENERAL INFORMATION ~-- ~~ p <br />Inspection Date: 3/20/06 r File No.: M-2006-027 <br />v~ /~/~ <br />Operator: Dirt Merchant Construction Landowner: Brian Wells and Fan•,ily <br />Commodity: Sand /Gravel Acres affected: approximately 2.9 acres <br />County: Delta Method of Mining: Conventional Excavation <br />Specialist: <br />WAS THIS CASE THE RESULT OF A ROUTINE INSPECTION? NO <br />OR COMPLAINT? YES <br />NATURE OF UNPERMITTED (Construction Materials Extraction C.M.E.) <br />Est. Acreage disturbed: 2.9 acres <br />Est. Vol. Removed: 7500 cubic/yards <br />SERIOUSNESS <br />Operator conducted activity on their own property owned by the Wellsfamily. <br />Site activity: Excavation of pond (pit) is approximately 8 to 10 feet deep using loader/hock. Pond /pit is <br />approximately 360' X 348'. The shape is irregular with surface disturbance squaring off the site. A screener is <br />located on the west end of the site. <br />Area wide impacts - Most of materials was used for field and ranch road improvements. However, materials <br />were trucked to a commercial site in Delta and to a subdivision approximately 2 miles away owned by another <br />family member. The complainant bid the commercial property materials on. <br />Health or safety hazard: -Staff noted no imminent health or safety issues. However, wetlands adjacent to the <br />property maybe impacted by sedimentation from the operation. <br />STATUTE VIOLATED AND DESCRIPTION <br />C.R.S. 34-32.5-109(1) mining without a permit. <br />Dirt Merchants Construction appears to be conducting a mining operation in the following location: <br />Section 17, Township 15 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. <br />DMG GPS: 38°44'53. 933" N / 108° O1' 39.699" W <br />