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;_ COOLEY RESERVOIR AND FULTON WII,DLIFE AREA PIT (Revised 07/09/99) INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW CAMAS Colorado, Inc. (CAMAS) is proposing to mine for sand, gravel, and borrow material on property located on both sides of the South Platte River south of 104's Avenue in portions of Sections 16 and 17, T2S, R67W of the 6'" Principal Meridian, Adams County, Colorado. The map included as EXEIIBIT B of this application depicts the property. It is a combined USGS map with the proposed permit area outlined. The permit boundaries overlap two USGS Quad maps, the Eastlake Quad and the Commerce City Quadrangle. The total acreage of permit area is 348.96 acres. This document was prepared by ADCO Consulting on behalf of CAMAS, but many of the specific exhibits have been prepared by TuttleApplegate, Inc. and other consultants. TuttleApplegate, Inc. and other consultants are also preparing other relevant applications for approvals by other agencies that will be necessary to initiate and complete the proposed mining operation (gravel well permit, wetlands identification and replacement, etc.). The Reclamation Permit Exhibits will also be submitted concurrently to Adams County by ADCO Consulting, along with other items required for County government approval of a Conditional Use Permit for mining. The permit area includes parts of the S. Platte River area. CAMAS owns all of the property in the permit area, except for leasing a part of the processing plant area and a 16+ acre portion of property along McKay Road. The permit area on the east side of the S. Platte River is named as the "Fulton Wildlife Area" portion (Parcels A and B) and the "Plant Site" (Parcels C-1, C-2, and C-3). Parcels A and B are owned by CAMAS and separated by PSCo. right-of--way property. The C parcels are south of the 100's Avenue and will be utilized as the plant site. Parcel C-1 is being purchased by CAMAS. Parcels C-2 and C-3 are being leased by CAMAS. The permit area on the west side of the S. Platte River is named as the "Cooley Reservoir" portion (Parcels D-l, D-2, and D-3). Parcels D-2 and D-3 are separated by PSCo.right-of--way, and are owned by CAMAS. Parcel D-1 will either be purchased by CAMAS, or leased for mining. Most, but not all, of the Cooley Reservoir portion of this permit is the only undisturbed portion of MLRB Permit #73-2. This permit will thus exclude this property from MLRB Permit 73-2 by inclusion in this permit's approval requirements. Abutting roads, the Fulton Ditch, and PSCo. power line towers are the only major off-site structures within 200' of proposed mining. Minimum proposed mining setback from adjacent property lines, 104'" Avenue-SH44, McKay Road, 100`s Avenue, the Sinclair gas pipeline on the Cooley Reservoir's portion of the property, and the City of Northglenn's water discharge pipeline on the Fulton Lake's portion ofthe property is 35'. The mining setback from the Sinclair gas pipeline and a future pipeline from the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District on the Fulton Lake's portion will be much further than the minimum 35', because of the City of Northglenn's pipeline being located closest to any proposed mining. Mrnimum mining setback from the PSCo. towers and from the inside top of the high bank of the Fulton Ditch is 65'/tem #7- Sorenson's convents. although the required 35' setback from any property line will actually lead to a setback of 85'+ from any of the PSCo. tower structures.