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RECFivED <br />INTRODUCTION <br />oec ~ ~ zoos <br />Division of Redamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />The Colona Pit was initially perntted through the Division of Minerals and Geology in 1994 <br />under permit number M-94-005. It was planned to mine approximately 30 feet deep in the <br />second terrace above the Uncompahgre River. The initial permit area only consisted of 37.1 <br />acres, which is only the portion of the property which is owned by United Companies. In 1999, <br />an amendment to the initial permit was filed in order to allow for mining to take place in the <br />southern portion of the current permit area on Robert and Bernice Jutten's portion of the <br />property. <br />By the end of 2006, the gravel reserves at the current Colona Pit will nearly be exhausted. In <br />order to further the gravel reserves at the Colona Pit, United Companies would like to mine <br />deeper in the current pit. It is expected that there is an average of 30-32 more feet of gravel <br />below what is currently mined; however almost the entire 30-32 feet is below the local static <br />water table. In this 2006 Amendment, United Companies proposes to mine most of the additional <br />30 feet and leave two sepazate lakes as part of the reclamation. These lakes will be useful for <br />both recreational uses in the future as well as wildlife habitat. United Companies will file the <br />necessary permits with the Colorado Division of Water Resources in order to allow for the <br />evaporation of the water. The disturbed azea of 63.1 acres will not change for this Amendment. <br />The pages of this Amendment constitute the full revised permit. The pages and maps from the <br />1999 Amendment should be deemed obsolete. <br />In order to protect the wetlands and riparian areas on the lower terrace of the River east of this <br />pit, no dewatering of the pit will occur using a pit pump. United will simply reach as much <br />gravel as possible using a track hoe scooping the gravel up from the existing surface. `This will <br />sacrifice approximately 5 feet of gravel at the bottom of the reserve but it will ensure that the <br />water levels do not drop in the lower terrace and thus affect these azeas. <br />Currently, the Colona Pit does not have a Special Use Pernut filed with Montrose County. <br />Montrose County didn't adopt Special Use regulations until azound the yeaz 2000. Since the <br />Colona Pit was permitted in 1994 and an amendment was passed in 1999, the Colona Pit did not <br />Anderson Pit December 06 i-1 <br />