1997-06-05_REVISION - M1981302 (10)

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III 999 � RECEIVED BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD JUN 0 5 1997 STATE OF COLORADO Division of Minerals& Geology File No. M-81-302 PRE-SEARING STATEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTY (OBJECTOR) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BOULDER IN THE MATTER OF THE WESTERN MOBILE - DEEPE FARM PIT - AMENDMENT 02 The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Boulder (BOCC) submits this pre-hearing statement for the pre-hearing conference . scheduled in this matter for June 5, 1997. By this statement, the BOCC expresses its wish and intention to be an objecting party before the MLRB at the hearing scheduled on this amendment application for June 25 or 26, 1997. Party's Name: Board of County Commissioners of the County of Boulder (BOCC) . List of Witnesses: The BOCC anticipates presenting testimony to the MLRB through its authorized staff in this matter, who are expected to include the following: 1. Curt Parker, Floodplain Engineer, Boulder County Transportation Department, who is expected to testify concerning the content and significance of the ongoing Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) study of the South Boulder Creek Floodplain in the vicinity of the Deepe Farm Pit, and the advisability of the MLRB denying the proposed amendment until that study is complete, or imposing a condition on any approval which would require the Applicant Western Mobile to take appropriate flood mitigation measures within the permit area (and including the berm) once the study's results are available. Mr. Parker also is expected to testify concerning the flood control significance of the berm and recent structural modifications to the berm, as a basis for the County's argument that the berm is properly part of this amendment and should not be separately reviewed as a technical revision. Mr. Parker also may testify to the flood control implications of the other internal drainage changes associated with this amendment. 1