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~~ <br /> <br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMAT[ON BOARD ~R 19 2007 <br />STATE OF COLORADO Division of Reclamation, <br />Ninina and Cafoav <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER <br />~ ra <br />IN THE MATTER OF THOMPSON PROPEI'(1'lES' SECTION 112 RECLAMATION <br />PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION, OVER OBJECTIONS, FILE NO. M-1983-102 <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") on <br />February 14, 2007, in Denver, Colorado for a hearing to consider the request of Thompson <br />Properties ("Applicant") for a Section 112 Reclamation Permit amendment. The file <br />number in this matter is M-1983-102. Steve O'Brian appeared on behalf of the Applicant. <br />Jill Hansen and Sharon Spurlin appeared as party objectors ("Objectors"). Rick Wenzel and <br />Tanya Light, Esq. appeared on behalf of the Division of Mining, Reclamation and Safety <br />("Division"). <br />The Board, having considered the parties' presentations and having been otherwise fully <br />informed of the facts in this matter, hereby enters the following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of <br />Law and Order: <br />The Applicant seeks approval of a Section 112c Reclamation Permit amendment <br />authorizing the extraction of gravel on an existing 50-acre site located in Section 31, <br />Township 2 North, Range 76 West, 6`h P.M. in Grand County, Colorado. The permit <br />amendment would increase the permitted acreage to 69.62 acres by adding 14.69 <br />additional acres. The site is known as the Thompson Resource Pit and is located <br />approximately one-half mile northwest of Granby, Colorado. The Applicant proposes to <br />change the post-mining land use from rangeland to industriaUcommercial. <br />The Applicant filed a Section 112 Reclamation Permit amendment application with the <br />Division on September 13, 2006. The Division determined that the amendment <br />Thompson Properties <br />M-1983-102 <br />