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• Noise standards are set by State Statute for various uses at property boundaries and CAMAS is committed to meet those standards here as it does at all of its operations. Cities and counties do not have the legal authority to change these statutory requirements on a project by project basis. Additionally, the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) does not regulate or enforce noise standards. This is usually left to the local jurisdiction which, in this case, is Adams County. • Conceming dust and dust abatement, there are APEN permits required both for the site and for each piece of equipment on site. CAMAS already has the required permits and they are being modified for the new parcels added. The DMG does not regulate or enforce APEN's. These permits are issued and enforced by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment • Conceming the City desires to see wet mining versus dry mining, this is not possible. The properties have been condemned by the City of Thomton for reclamation to water storage reservoirs. In order to maximize storage capacity and to construct the reservoir linings, the mine must be dry. The recamation of the mine to a water storage reservoir is regulated in part by the DMG and the storage liner is regulated by the State Engineer. • CAMAS participated in the Platte River Heritage Corridor study as they own quite a bit of property along the river. They have donated several hundred acres at other locations to Adams County Parks to help implement this plan. Conceming this site, the trial condor is planned for the eastside of the South Platte River and not the west-side. Adams County Parks has asked for an easement along Riverdale Road to move people and CAMAS has agreed to the dedication. In addition, the north lake (current mining area) will not be lined and used for water storage (pending agreement with Thomton). This lake is proposed for wetland banking and CAMAS is working with Adams County Parks to leave the area as open space possibly through a conservation easement. • The setback from the river is being regulated through an Adams County Floodplain permit process in conjunction with the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. UDFCD has criteria for setbacks, riverbank stabilization, pit side slope protection, etc. This is being engineered for the entire 1.5 miles of river frontage to both accommodate maximization of water storage for Thomton and to protect and stabilize the river under UDFCD guidelines. Without this joint effort, this entire stretch of river would not be stabilized. The 800 foot buffer you asked for would not meet Thomton's requirements and would not help with the stabilization plan for the river. • Reclamation of the land is tied to extraction of the resource and to construction of the reservoirs. The market determines how quickly the sand and gravel resource can be extracted. In addition, CAMAS has committed in its County amendment to not increase truck traffic north on Riverdale Road. Even if the market could absorb the material faster, iF we were to cut the timeline in half, twice the number of trucks on Riverdale Road would be needed to haul the material out and CAMAS does not feel that this would be appropriate. This ties to our earlier proposal to Brighton where we proposed moving the material via conveyor to the eastside of the river in order to remove the trucks from Riverdale Road and, as you remember, this idea was rejected by Joe Gerdom. • The permits are structured to save the mature stands of trees on the properties involved. Additional vegetation is planned as contained in the reclamation plan. The reclamation plan is dictated by the end-use of water storage. The reclamation plan is regulated by the DMG.