1997-06-05_REVISION - M1981302 ‎(9)‎

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/5/1997
• Doc Name: PRE-HEARING STATEMENT OF WESTERN MOBILE AND REQUEST FOR PARTY STATUS
• Type & Sequence: AM2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD JUN 0 5 1997
STATE OF COLORADO Division of Minerals d Geology
File No. M-81-302
PRE-HEARING STATEMENT OF WESTERN MOBILE AND REQUEST FOR PARTY
STATUS
IN THE MATTER OF THE WESTERN MOBILE - DEEPE FARM PIT- RECLAMATION
PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST 02
As the applicant for an amendment to an approved reclamation plan for the Deepe Farm Pit
located in unincorporated Boulder County, Western Mobile, Inc. (Western Mobile), by and through
its attorneys, Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C., herein requests party status for the formal
hearing on this matter scheduled to be heard before the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board
("MLRB") on Wednesday, June 25, 1997. This pre-hearing statement is submitted in conformance
with the Proposed Pre-Hearing Conference Order sent to interested parties in this matter by the
Division of Minerals of Geology ("Division") on or about May 21, 1997. Since the pre-hearing
conference order will not be finalized until sometime after the June 5, 1997 pre-hearing conference,
Western Mobile reserves the right to supplement and amend this pre-hearing statement as may be
necessary subsequent to the issuance of the final pre-hearing order.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
1. On January 11, 1982, the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (Board
of County Commissioners")approved a use by special review requested by Flatiron Sand & Gravel
Company (`Flatiron") to mine and process sand and gravel on the first two stages of a six stage
construction materials mining project located at the Deepe Farm Pit in unincorporated Boulder
County. Construction materials mining first occurred in the area of the Deepe Farm Pit in the early
1950's.
2 The project approved by the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners
consisted of 168.5 acres of land, the scope of which was reflected on maps entitled "Alternate
Excavation Plan Map"and"Reclamation Plan Map." These maps were submitted by Flatiron to the
Division with the original mining permit application on December 24, 1981. The"Reclamation Plan
Map"contemplated,among other things,the installation of three(3) pit lakes and 41.5 acres of water
surface.
3. On April 22, 1982 the Colorado MLRB issued Flatiron Permit M-81-302 to mine
sand and gravel from the Deepe Farm Pit and to reclaim the site. The processing plant commenced
operation in August, 1984. Mining and processing of sand and gravel continued at the Deepe Farm