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<br />~ -- --- - - <br />UNPERMITTED CON ~TERIAL EXTRACTION <br />• ~~~ ~~~I~~~I~~~~~I~~ <br />OR EXI'i.vr~ , .~,.... _ ERATION <br />Presentation Form <br />GENERAL INFORMATION <br />Inspection Date: March 1, 1999 <br />Operator: Loukonen Brothers Stone <br />Commodity: Sandstone <br />County: Boulder <br />Specialist: Erica Crosby <br />File No.: M-81-277 <br />Landowner: Loukonen Brothers Stone <br />Acres affected: 13.7 <br />Method of Mining: Conventional <br />WAS THIS CASE THE RESULT OF A ROUTINE INSPECTION? YES <br />OR COMPLAINT? NO <br />A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER WAS/WAS NOT ISSUED TO THE OPERATOR BECAUSE: <br />A mining and reclamation permit was issued to Loukonen Brothers Stone in 1981. A 1994 permit amendment <br />increased the permit area to 9.9 acres. The mine site is considered active. <br />DIVISION'S REASON FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AS MINING WITHOUT A PERMIT <br />VERSUS MINING OUTSIDE THE PERMIT BOUNDARY <br />(DMG Policy -For any 1 ] 0 type operation, if the operator affects greater than two acres, the operator shall be <br />found for mining without a permit. For all other permitted operations, mining without a permit shall be <br />determined on a case-by-case basis. Items to consider include the amount of disturbance, type of disturbance, <br />ownership of the disturbed azea, impact to the surrounding area due to the disturbance, degree of any health or <br />safety hazard.) <br />The operator was mining 3.8 acres outside the approved permit area. <br />NATURE OF UNPERMITTED (Construction Materials Exploration C.M.E. or Exploration Operation <br />Est. Acreage disturbed (Do no[ use jor permrtted sr[es) <br />Est. Vol. Removed <br />Est. Ac. Outside permit boundary 3.8 acres <br />SERIOUSNESS <br />Operator conducted activity on own property X , on others property <br />Site activity, describe - The mine is located one mile north of Lyons, Colorado. Eight (8) quarries make up the <br />9.9-acre permit area. The Division surveyed the site using the Trimble GeoExplorer II Global Positioning <br />System (GPS). The affected boundary of each quarry was traversed and the data was stored in the GPS. The <br />data was downloaded into the Pathfinder Oftice sofrware and was differentially corrected to reduce errors. The <br />collected data indicate that the Beach Hill Quarries are collectively 13.7 acres in size. roughly 3.8 acres over the <br />permitted area (see attached map). The GeoExplorer II has a 2-5 meter level of accuracy. <br />Area wide impacts, describe -The operator disturbed 3.8 additional acres that were not originally permitted <br />including total removal of topsoil and vegetative cover. <br />E.O.) <br />Health or safety hazard, describe - None <br />