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Revised: 07/06/97 Minutes- June 26-27, 1997 Page 26 <br /> Mr. Plummer gave an overview of the company by explaining that in May 1989, Western Mobile - <br /> 6 p 2 d c, <br /> Boulder became the-Ammer-of the Deepe Farm Pit site when they acquired the assets of the Flatiron <br /> Sand and Gravel Company (Flatiron). Flatiron retained the ownership of the property until <br /> November 1996 when the property was sold to the University of Colorado (CU). At the request of <br /> the landowner, Western Mobile submitted the TR to amend the height of the ground features. More <br /> specifically, it would place about 2,000 yards of material onto a section of the berm. The berm <br /> itself is approved by the Boulder County Commissioners in 1982 and includes subsequent <br /> restoration plans. The berm feature has also been incorporated in the hundred year flood plan <br /> adopted by the City and County of Boulder and keeps the mining operations and housing <br /> developments out of the flood plain. To help the City and County develop their understanding of <br /> flood plain issues, Western Mobile has agreed to waive the 30 day response time for the TR, <br /> although they feel it will be reviewed by FEMA. Whether the TR should be recalled for an <br /> amendment, Mr. Plummer feels it is slated for discussion on the 24's of July. <br /> As operator to the site, Western Mobile has an approved plan dated April 1989. They are asking the <br /> Board to apply the Construction Materials Statute in the Amendment to reflect the geology that they <br /> have encountered in the pit floor. Essentially, they wish to reduce the requirement to excavate shale <br /> that would be necessary if they created the five lakes that were anticipated in the 1989 Reclamation <br /> Plan, which projected a surface area of 38.8 acres of water. Their proposal leaves two lakes in the <br /> permitted area with a surface area of 4.2 acres and reduces surface water evaporation by about 68 <br /> _AkmwaR2 —Q- feet per year. The Amendment also includes post mining land use of <br /> agriculture and wildlife. They are asking for approval of the Amendment to change their <br /> Reclamation Plan as it effects the pit floor and they believe that the proposal is entirely practical <br /> within the Construction Materials Statute. <br /> Mike Hart, Consultant to Western Mobile, introduced himself to the Board and explained that he <br /> has been involved in the mining business for 24 years. Sixteen years of his career was spent <br /> working for the Flatiron companies and for the last nine years he has been a consultant to the <br /> mining industry in Colorado and the western United States. He was asked to put together the <br /> Amendment for Western Mobile and feels that what he has heard and what was put into the <br /> document,are extremely different. What he feels the Amendment is about and what it entails is one <br /> of the key factors in that the geology drives so much of the mining and reclamation. What they <br /> found after the pit was mined over the past 12-14 years, was that the shale on one side of the pit was <br />